Anonymous wrote: > All (esp. lucky) - > > I was curious what the status of the SMS encryption project > quoted in the below post is? [... Quoting Lucky] > Anyway, the project I was thinking of related to encrypting > SMS messages. > I discovered that while it was possible to modify Nokia firmware to > support SMS encryption, there were easier solutions by running the SMS > through a PC. There are other projects underway that provide > encrypted SMS > messages using a Basic STAMP computer. Sorry, I am not in a > position to > disclose details at this time.
Modified firmware: The code was never finished since easier and more maintainable solutions exist. See below. BASIC Stamp: I believe that code was completed. The SMS encryption protocol (SEMS) that grew out of that project has been published. SEMS has seen a bit of review from the community; the protocol is sufficiently simple to probably not hold any surprises. The protocol specs used to be at http://www.nah6.com/SEMS Unfortunately, this part of the NAH6 website is currently down for maintenance. I am told the site will be back up shortly. In the end, firmware low-level hacks to enable SMS encryption were obsoleted by Moore's Law. GSM smart phones/PDAs that run normal applications are easy to obtain at a reasonable price. Should you plan to write an SMS encryption application, you may wish to remain compatible with SEMS -- and be it for no other reason that SEMS has some non-zero deployed base. Hope that helps, --Lucky Green
