[Bluez-users] Re: Bluetooth security in bluez ?

Anssi Saari
2004-04-02T11:15:06Z

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:40:08PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Anssi,
>
> > > setting auth and encrypt in hcid.conf enables security mode 3, which is
> > > not what most people want. Leave it off and use security mode 1/2 and
> > > let the remote device trigger the security mechanism.
> >
> > How can you tell whether a connection is encrypted or not in Bluez if
> > security mode is 2?
>
> check with "hcitool con"
>
> Connections:
> < ACL 00:0A:xx:xx:xx:xx handle 43 state 1 lm MASTER ENCRYPT

Great, thanks. Are RFCOMM connections for dialup usually encrypted? I
have Bray & Sturman's BT book, but it only mentions in passing that
"RFCOMM will enforce security for dialup networking" where it talks
about the security manager.

Anssi