> -----Original Message----- > From: full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com > [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com] On Behalf Of > srenna@vdbmusic.com > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:30 AM > To: Adam Laurie; Pentest Security Advisories; > bugtraq@securityfocus.com; full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Serious flaws in bluetooth > security lead to disclosure of personal data > > Are you aware of any very informative papers or tools(other > than btscanner) for use in testing bluetooth networks(such as > Airsnort). From what I know about it thus far, it just > operates in the same spectrum as 802.11b, but I'm still > researching. I'm very interested in observing traffic > patterns and analyzing what is exactly happening. I do > analysis for a living and it's a new area that no one really > at my position has an experience in(even though it's been > around for a while). My idea is to research how far a > bluetooth signal will travel when leaving a building as we > want to set up a test lab and do not want people sitting > outside to be able to detect any of it. We've looked into > doing this with 802.11b standard before but we cannot find a > way to mute the signal enough to meet our needs. > Bluetooth is *supposed* to be very short range - 10 meters is supposed to be the maximum range. It is *not* 802.11b. It's 802.15.1. See bluetooth.org for the details. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
