[Bluez-users] Limit communication to serveral devices

4 messages, 2 authors, 2004-08-25 · open the first message on its own page

[Bluez-users] Limit communication to serveral devices

From: Philip Lawatsch <hidden>
Date: 2004-08-25 13:45:39

Hi,


Call me paranoid but I would like to know if there is any way to limit 
all types of communication to just several devices by checking with the 
hardware addresses.

I understand that in principle not being discoverable and the pin 
challenge should help you with being secure but to me this is not enough.

I'm currently running 2 class 1 devices to serve my flat with rfcomm for 
dial in and I for sure do not want anyone besides me to get access to 
these com ports.

Is there anything I can do to tighten security and limit all 
communication to just some devices?

I do understand that even this is no guarantee for anything, but I'd for 
sure feel better :)

kind regards Philip


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Re: [Bluez-users] Limit communication to serveral devices

From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Date: 2004-08-25 14:24:40

Hi Philip,
Call me paranoid but I would like to know if there is any way to limit 
all types of communication to just several devices by checking with the 
hardware addresses.

I understand that in principle not being discoverable and the pin 
challenge should help you with being secure but to me this is not enough.

I'm currently running 2 class 1 devices to serve my flat with rfcomm for 
dial in and I for sure do not want anyone besides me to get access to 
these com ports.

Is there anything I can do to tighten security and limit all 
communication to just some devices?
you must change the code of the accept routine in the RFCOMM server
program that you are using.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-users] Limit communication to serveral devices

From: Philip Lawatsch <hidden>
Date: 2004-08-25 19:50:50

Marcel Holtmann wrote:
you must change the code of the accept routine in the RFCOMM server
program that you are using.
This is not quite what I want. I'd like to limit this at lowest layer 
possible. Actually I'm starting to wonder that there seems to be 
_nothing_ to that, which, at least I think so, poses a potential 
security risk.


kind regards Philip

Re: [Bluez-users] Limit communication to serveral devices

From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Date: 2004-08-25 20:16:00

Hi Philip,
quoted
you must change the code of the accept routine in the RFCOMM server
program that you are using.
This is not quite what I want. I'd like to limit this at lowest layer 
possible. Actually I'm starting to wonder that there seems to be 
_nothing_ to that, which, at least I think so, poses a potential 
security risk.
you can of course limit this at HCI level, but then you must change the
kernel code. There is somekind of filter on the HCI hardware level, but
I am not quite sure if it can be used for that. Check the HCI part of
the Bluetooth specification.

Regards

Marcel




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