Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:11:40 -0800 From: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> To: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> Cc: freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: apple bluetooth keyboard Message-ID: <44107DEC.4060902@savvis.net> In-Reply-To: <1141894332.239191.546.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> References: <440DCFF0.6090809@savvis.net> <1141761895.037384.5308.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> <440DF38F.7020707@savvis.net> <1141772196.551930.3681.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> <440E1988.10202@savvis.net> <1141779342.768110.17808.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> <440E31E7.9050409@savvis.net> <1141894332.239191.546.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org>
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Iain Hibbert wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > >>Iain Hibbert wrote: >> >>>baseband connection, then 'red' can access the device through another >>>L2CAP or RFCOMM socket (well, they can in my world :) >> >>you can do it with freebsd. i can open baseband by hand (as root) and then do >>sdp query and/or rfcomm session as another user. i'm not following you here. > > My thought is exactly that. Once a device is authenticated, there is no > way to restrict user access. User 'blue' might wish to copy pictures from > his mobile phone, but that does not necessarily mean that user 'red' > should be able to send a fax to a premium rate number.. well, this is the wrong protocol layer to implement this kind of restrictions. you simply do not have enough information to make a proper decision. it is up to the services themselves to verify user credentials and allow (or deny) access to the service. obex, for example, has built-in authentication facility. and, in theory, it is possible to authenticate obex requests (much like http). serial port profile, on the other hand, does not have built-in authentication facility. bluetooth is obviously positioned for personal use. so, "single pin code gives access to all services" model works here. > I am ignoring this issue for now though, its too complex and I just want > to get it working (which it does, I did some internet surfing at 9600bps > for a while yesterday :) cool! thanks, max
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