UMTS Security Features
In a digital mobile network the subscriber is exposed to several basic attacks and needs to be protected against them. Eavesdropping (theft of voice and data information); Unauthorized Identification; Unauthorized Usage of Services; and Offending the Data Integrity (data falsification by an intruder) and observation. This paper describes the principles of GSM Protection and the evolution to UMTS security. Details of the UMTS security architecture, followed by a short abstract about protocol testing when ciphering is active.
Related Information
2FW-17826-0, 08/2004
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