From: Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-bluez@benshaw.com>
To: bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] "promiscuous mode" for hci devices?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:31:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612041031.06996.akohlsmith-bluez@benshaw.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1165241266.12640.30.camel@localhost>
On Monday 04 December 2006 09:07, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> if you don't believe me, then feel free to check the specification. A
> Bluetooth device is not actively participating in any communication
> unless you create a piconet. If no piconet exists, then it only scans
> for inquiry and page beacons.
I wasn't disbelieving, at least not on that kind of level.
> The radio, baseband and link manager are part of the Bluetooth chip and
> not accessible via the host operating system.
That's what I was getting at; the device *does* see all communications, but
unless there is a method to flip on the equivalent of ethernet's promiscuous
mode, you'll never see anything not intended for you. Your message suggests
that there is no HCI call to do this, which puts me out of luck.
Have you seen or heard of anyone using two BT devices in a Linux box to
achieve a "man-in-the-middle" type of monitoring system?
-A.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-01 19:48 [Bluez-devel] "promiscuous mode" for hci devices? Andrew Kohlsmith
2006-12-03 13:32 ` Marcel Holtmann
2006-12-04 13:55 ` Andrew Kohlsmith
2006-12-04 14:07 ` Marcel Holtmann
2006-12-04 15:31 ` Andrew Kohlsmith [this message]
2006-12-04 15:55 ` Peter Wippich
2006-12-07 14:13 ` Steven Singer
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