Relation between IMSI and TMSI

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Sylvain Munaut 246tnt at gmail.com
Mon Nov 15 09:04:42 UTC 2010


> as we all know that TMSI is alotted by bsc,

Really ?

I would have said VLR (which is the same "box" as the MSC).


> can anybody explain how this
> happens and what kind of algorithm they (professional network) use.

hopefully random()


> Can I extract IMSI from TMSI??

no


> Please answer !!!!

Please don't quote the entire daily digest for _nothing_ !!!!
Also, please read GSM 04.08 !!!!


Cheers,

    Sylvain




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