full-disclosure - Israeli boffins crack GSM code

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From: vosipov at tpg.com.au (vosipov@....com.au)
Subject: Israeli boffins crack GSM code

Umm, it seems they can decrypt SMS too... 

A friend of mine wrote a small Java app for mobile phones, which allows for user-level 
encryption of SMS messages before they are sent out; maybe this approach can be 
expended - probably not for encrypting voice itself, but for GPRS/WAP data?

http://securesms.sourceforge.net/

Quoting Johan Denoyer <jdenoy@...ital-connexion.info>:

> here is their paper
> 
> 
> Salutations,
> 
> Johan Denoyer
> jdenoy@...ital-connexion.info
> Digital Connexion
> http://www.digital-connexion.info
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Richard Spiers 
>   To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:09 PM
>   Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Israeli boffins crack GSM code
> 
> 
>   Hi guys, anybody got more information on this? Any thoughts?
> 
>   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/32653.html