CHAPTER 12HACK DECT
The Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) specification defines the worldwide standard for cordless telephony, which is popular in homes, small offices, and enterprise deployments. With the standardization and widespread production of DECT devices, many consumers and businesses have adopted this wireless technology for voice communication and low-speed data applications. DECT is immensely popular in Europe, where some estimates indicate over 31 million DECT devices are deployed in Germany alone.
Although an open standard, components of the security algorithms intended to protect DECT are kept private, accessible to device manufacturers only under the terms of a nondisclosure agreement. As a result, these security ...
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