To put it into the right perspective, 33% of all discovered phones that belong to a certain model were vulnerable to the SNARF attack.
It is also stated that if these phones would have been longer within bt-coverage, the success-rate would have higher than 33%.
And you are right: Hopefully, the manufacturers are upgrading to a newer firmware version that is not vulnerable.
As the author of the bluesnarf report and an important member of the team that did the experiment, I can tell you that Slackware Linux 9.0 distribution was used as a basis. In addition to this, Bluez and a recent linux kernel (linux-2.6.2) has been installed on this system.
I like Knoppix very much, though.
It gives Microsoft users a fair chance to seriously think about getting rid of their expensive bugware.
Linux forever;)
As a member of the team that was doing the measurements at the CeBIT and author of the Bluesnarfing paper I know, that Slackware 9.0 has been used as a basis system. The Bluez bluetooth implementation and a recent linux-kernel (linux-2.6.2) have been installed on the system separately.
I am not saying that KOPPIX is a bad thing (I saw Klaus Knopper here in Salzburg, recently)! Knoppix absolutely rules!
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To put it into the right perspective, 33% of all discovered phones that belong to a certain model were vulnerable to the SNARF attack.
It is also stated that if these phones would have been longer within bt-coverage, the success-rate would have higher than 33%.
And you are right: Hopefully, the manufacturers are upgrading to a newer firmware version that is not vulnerable.
Confirm. SMS-spamming from other people's phones is possible!
As the author of the bluesnarf report and an important member of the team that did the experiment, I can tell you that Slackware Linux 9.0 distribution was used as a basis. In addition to this, Bluez and a recent linux kernel (linux-2.6.2) has been installed on this system. I like Knoppix very much, though. It gives Microsoft users a fair chance to seriously think about getting rid of their expensive bugware. Linux forever ;)
As a member of the team that was doing the measurements at the CeBIT and author of the Bluesnarfing paper I know, that Slackware 9.0 has been used as a basis system. The Bluez bluetooth implementation and a recent linux-kernel (linux-2.6.2) have been installed on the system separately. I am not saying that KOPPIX is a bad thing (I saw Klaus Knopper here in Salzburg, recently)! Knoppix absolutely rules!