A few month ago a paper was released which described how to break the Crypto1 algorithm of the Mifare Classic cards. Now the implementation has been released. The files with the source code have all in all only 611 LOC. Not so much…
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Configuring your DSL modem through your router
I unplugged my modem last week before I went to Dortmund for some days and plugged it back in last Sunday when I came back. Since then my DSL broadband access is pretty slow. Like 1 Mbit/s downstream, should be around 16 Mbit/s. Therefore I messed a little bit around with my configuration and found out that my DSL Modem – Siemens C2-010-I, is actually Viking II Plus and not a modem but a moden/router/bridge. My provider configured the Viking as a bridge, therefore it looked like a usual DSL modem.
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NIST: Guide to Bluetooth Security
The Computer Security Devision of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released their Guide to Bluetooth Security. Just had a short look at it, but I think it worth to read it. Especially the part about the new security features of Bluetooth 2.1 with Secure Simple Pairing (SSP). There are also some other quite interesting publications around.