OpenMoko beginner

[Tilman Baumann]

I hope you plan to fix security issues.
There is nothing more useless than security people investing energy in
finding problems in opensource an then expecting other people to fix these
bugs. Just because they are security bugs.
They are bugs, and the only reasonable thing to do with bugs is to fix
them if you see them.

And just in my humble opinion, openmoko has bigger issues than security.
I mean, we run everything as root just because nobody has time to fix it.
That probably tells you everything you need.
I would not mind if someone fixes openmoko from a security perspective.
But there are certainly other issues that need attention too.


But do whatever you want to do. I don't have to take you seriously.

Ovidiu Gavril wrote:
>      Hi,
>
>      I have to make my project diploma on an OpenMoko phone. This is a
> part of a bigger project regarding OpenMoko security, and my task is to
> try to make some attacks on the phone and to test its vulnerabilities.
>
>      First of all, I didn't succeed to make Wifi to work. I've followed
> the instructions from http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wifi. My
> wpa_supplicant.conf file looks like this:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ctrl_interface_group=0
> eapol_version=1
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
>
> # Open:
> network={
>      ssid="Ovidiu"
>      key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
>      psk="my_password"
>      priority=95
> }
>
> This is what I get with "iwlist eth0 scan":
>
> Cell 02 - Address: 00:14:D1:11:9A:D2
>                     ESSID:"Ovidiu"
>                     Mode:Master
>                     Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                     Quality=35/94  Signal level=-60 dBm  Noise level=-95
> dBm
>                     Encryption key:on
>                     Extra:bcn_int=100
>               
> Extra:wpa_ie=dd160050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f202
>
> But, when I make "ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0", it says:
>
> Sending discover...
> Sending discover...
> Sending discover...
> No lease, failing
>
>      I'm a beginner in this filed and any help is very welcomed (regarding
> Wifi or other advices about how to start my work).
>      Thank you in advance.
>
>      Best regards,
>           Ovidiu
>
>
>
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MFG
 Tilman Baumann