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Harald Welte laforge at osmocom.org
Sun Sep 20 11:55:54 UTC 2020


Dear Sergei,

I'm not an expert in GEA and it's been a long time since I last looked at it.

However,

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:53:43PM +0300, Сергей Егоров wrote:
> Can the value of IOV_UI (Osmocom BS: 0, real BS: 0x10000000) affect the deciphering, and if yes then how??

well, as you know the IV (initialization vector) is an input parameter into the 
encryption/decryption algorithm.  It must match, otherwise you will get completely
different results.

You could try to modify the Osmocom stack (here: OsmoSGSN) to also use the same IV
that you see in your commercial/production netwokr, and see if that gets you any
further in understanding any differences?

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- Harald Welte <laforge at osmocom.org>            http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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