Path: spln!rex!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.34!cyclone.swbell.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!elnk-pas-nf1!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn53feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Will Spencer Organization: GSM Security Subject: GSM Security FAQ Revision 2004/02/11 - Part 1/1 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Message-ID: Newsgroups: alt.cellular.gsm,alt.answers,news.answers Followup-To: alt.cellular.gsm Reply-To: will.spencer@gsmsecurity.com (FAQ Comments address) Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their Archive-Name: alt.cellular.gsm/gsm-security-faq Posting-Frequency: Monthly Last-Modified: 2004/02/11 Version: 2004/02/11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 70 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.9.189.132 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s02 1076516342 24.9.189.132 (Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:19:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:19:02 GMT Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:19:02 GMT X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) From: will.spencer@gsmsecurity.com (Will Spencer) Newsgroups: alt.cellular.gsm,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: GSM Security FAQ Revision 2004/02/11 - Part 1/1 Followup-To: alt.cellular.gsm Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Reply-To: will.spencer@gsmsecurity.com (FAQ Comments address) Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about GSM security. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the alt.cellular.gsm newsgroup. Archive-Name: alt.cellular.gsm/gsm-security-faq Posting-Frequency: Monthly Last-Modified: 2004/02/11 Version: 2004/02/11 Welcome to the alt.cellular.gsm GSM Security FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about GSM Security. The GSM Security FAQ is on the World Wide Web at http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml The contents of the alt.cellular.gsm GSM Security FAQ include: http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#How-is-encryption-utilized-in-GSM? How is encryption utilized in GSM? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-algorithm-is-utilized-for-authentication-in-GSM-networks? What algorithm is utilized for authentication in GSM networks? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-algorithm-is-utilized-for-encryption-in-GSM-networks? What algorithm is utilized for encryption in GSM networks? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-algorithm-is-utilized-for-key-generation-in-GSM-networks? What algorithm is utilized for key generation in GSM networks? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-are-the-components-of-a-GSM-network What are the components of a GSM network http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-are-Ki,-Kc,-RAND,-and-SRES? What are Ki, Kc, RAND, and SRES? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#How-do-Authentication-and-Key-generation-work-in-a-GSM-network? How do Authentication and Key generation work in a GSM network? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#Have-the-A3-and-A8-algorithms-been-broken? Have the A3 and A8 algorithms been broken? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#Have-the-A5-algorithms-been-broken? Have the A5 algorithms been broken? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-are-locking-and-unlocking? What are locking and unlocking? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-is-an-IMEI? What is an IMEI? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#How-can-I-find-my-IMEI? How can I find my IMEI? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#What-are-the-PIN-and-PUK? What are the PIN and PUK? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#How-do-I-change-my-PIN-and-PUK? How do I change my PIN and PUK? http://www.gsmsecurity.com/faq.shtml#How-do-I-use-CallerID? How do I use CallerID?