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| 1 | 8 | Karsten | h3. Overview |
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| 3 | 8 | Karsten | This open source software allows the 'cracking' of A5/1 keys used to secure GSM 2G calls and SMS. |
| 4 | The cracking unitity Kraken, developed by Frank A. Stevenson, is written in C++/python and targets AMD (ATI) GPUs and CPUs. |
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| 6 | 8 | Karsten | h3. Mailing list |
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| 8 | 8 | Karsten | A public mailing list for announcements and discussion can be found "here":http://lists.srlabs.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/a51 . |
| 9 | Please fill bugs and support requests through the "issue tracker":http://opensource.srlabs.de/projects/a51-decrypt/issues/new as they may be of little relevance to the majority of the mailing list subscribers. |
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| 11 | 8 | Karsten | h3. Code |
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| 13 | The (read only) Kraken git can be fetched with |
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| 15 | <pre> |
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| 16 | 10 | Karsten | git clone git://git.srlabs.de/kraken |
| 17 | 8 | Karsten | </pre> |
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| 19 | h3. Related projects |
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| 21 | 9 | Karsten | The A5/1 decryption was originally meant to be used with "Airprobe":http://airprobe.org), which allows interfacing with the radio waves with |
| 22 | 8 | Karsten | the help of gnuradio. "This tutorial":https://srlabs.de/research/airprobe-how-to/ explains the decryption process. |
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| 24 | Airprobe has, for most users, since been replaced by the cheaper "Osmocom phones":http://bb.osmocom.org |
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| 26 | h3. Further reading |
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| 28 | [[A51|Cryptoanalysis n greater detail]] |