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diff --git a/2010/openbsc-sstic2010/openbsc-abstract.txt b/2010/openbsc-sstic2010/openbsc-abstract.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7ff5a28 --- /dev/null +++ b/2010/openbsc-sstic2010/openbsc-abstract.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +OpenBSC: A tool for GSM protocol level security analysis of mobile phones + +By: Harald Welte[1] + +The OpenBSC project[2] is a Free Software implementation of the minimal +neccessarry elements to operate a GSM network. It includes the functionality +typically performed by the Base Station Controller (BSC), Mobile Switching +Center (MSC), Home Location Register (HLR), SMS Switching Center (SMSC) and +others. Using OpenBSC and a commercially available BTS (Base Transceiver +Station), it is possible to operate a completely indpendent GSM network. + +Running your own GSM network will enable you to take full control over +every protocol message that is exchanged with the mobile phone. Suddenly, +it is possible to send arbitrarily crafted and corrupted messages to the +various layers of the GSM protocol stack inside the phone. Attacks can +be performed that so far only cellphone manufacturers or network operators +could implement. + +In 2010, it is finally time for GSM mobile phones to see the kind of +protocol-level attacks that TCP/IP has seen at least a decade ago. + +[1] http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ +[2] http://openbsc.gnumonks.org/ |