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The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base stationThe OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base stationPosted Sep 4, 2008 18:44 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223)Parent article: The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station
Are you sure that this is completely legal?
I vaguely remember that, if you could impersonate a BTS, you can crack a GSM SIM and clone it in no more than 6 hours.
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The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 18:54 UTC (Thu) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link]
> Are you sure that this is completely legal?
In which part of the world? US? The news item mentioned "developing
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 19:05 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223) [Link]
>In which part of the world? US? The news item mentioned "developing
>world"...
I don't see any problem in access the OpenBTS web site (that sooner or later will contain schematics, source code, ecc..) for people living in the first world.
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 5, 2008 0:06 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] You'd need a license to turn the thing on, since GSM operates on regulated frequency bands.
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 19:06 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
Well if you have a hacksaw you can spend a couple minutes and steal any bike or break into any warehouse that you please. You'd be amaze how fast a 15 year old boy can hack through a thick steel cable.
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I would think it would be completely legal if you have a radio operators license of some sort. I mean it's not like the government can make it illegal for people start their own cellular phone companies.
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 20:56 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223) [Link]
At least in Europe, companies have paid governments a lot of money for licenses to use the GSM band and governments protect their investments (and network health and security) not allowing anyone else to use the GSM band.
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted May 21, 2009 14:52 UTC (Thu) by 071203 (guest, #58711) [Link]
If you get a amateur radio licence, you are allowed to use some spectrum
near the GSM band, mabe that is a solution?
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 21:47 UTC (Thu) by dburgess00 (guest, #53751) [Link]
Hi, pcampe.
As the guy who filed the FCC application for the Burning Man GSM test, I can tell you that what we
What you describe is an IMSI-catcher. That's not what we were doing.
-- David A. Burgess
The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station Posted Sep 4, 2008 22:03 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223) [Link]
Thanks for your quick explanation and good luck with your project.
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