full-disclosure - Israeli boffins crack GSM code

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From: damian at sentex.net (Damian Gerow)
Subject: Israeli boffins crack GSM code

Thus spake Damian Gerow (damian@...tex.net) [09/09/03 17:33]:
> Discussion on the cryptography mailing list indicated that all this does is
> force a downgrade from A5/3 to A5/2, which can then be cracked.  I can't
> find the archives online, so I'll paraphrase...

Someone pointed the list archive out to me, so here's the original post:

    <http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg00740.html>

And really, the whole thread is worth reading.  Start here:

    <http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg00717.html>

  - Damian