RE: [PATCH] BT_SECURITY_HIGH requires 16 digit pin code

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Hi,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bastien Nocera [mailto:hadess@xxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:12 PM
>To: Rymarkiewicz Waldemar
>Cc: linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>par-gunnar.p.hjalmdahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>joakim.xj.ceder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [PATCH] BT_SECURITY_HIGH requires 16 digit pin code
>
>On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 13:45 +0200, Waldemar Rymarkiewicz wrote:
>> The security level BT_SECURITY_HIGH expects secure connection and a 
>> minimum 16 digit pin code used for bonding. It's requitred 
>by the Sim 
>> Access Profile.
>
>How is user-space (meaning the pairing agent) supposed to handle that?
>I'd need to make changes to gnome-bluetooth to use longer PIN 
>codes for the maximum security.
>
>Cheers
>

I assume that user will know that the 16 digit pin is requred, so should be enough to let the user type 16 digit in an agent I guess.
Usually a service that requires high security will generate right pin code.

Originaly the high security level was planned to require max pin code lenght as I know.


Thanks,
/Waldek--
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