Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ...
by rtpg on Monday October 27, 2014 @10:14PM
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>Yes A5/3 is better than A5/1, but I call bullshit on this whole article.
Super pendantic, but the title is 'hardens' not 'makes hard'. If it's better, than it's been hardened. Might not be the best thing available, but that's the meaning of a comparative.
Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ...
by zaroth on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:13PM
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Super-duper pedantic, but I would say broken can be considered neither hard nor hardened.
Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ...
by dmix on Monday October 27, 2014 @10:33PM
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> The authors note that this attack may not be applicable to the way A5/3 is used in 3G systems.
This is a pretty big conditional. But I still imagine intel agencies have broken KASUMI.
Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ...
by yuhong on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:26PM
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Yea, it is a related-key attack.
Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ...
by AlyssaRowan on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @04:44AM
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Indeed, I would not personally consider using KASUMI to be a positive change worthy of the title of "hardening".
Even if A5/3 weren't broken, there are still tower dumps and IMSI catchers, which are a whole lot easier to use than breaking encryption. Yes A5/3 is better than A5/1, but I call bullshit on this whole article.