Hi, --- On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: | The general consensus of opinion was that, as the | modem used the broadband in the manner of a mobile phone, it *couldn't* be | snooped. And if it couldn't be snooped, there was no need of encryption. \--
There is encryption between the MS (Mobile Station) and the BTS (Base Transceiver Station): http://www.gsm-security.net/faq/gsm-encryption-algorithm-a5-cipher.shtml http://gsmfordummies.com/encryption/encryption.shtml Depending on IT laws in different countries, snooping may or may not be prohibited. SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
