Re: Sharing link keys with windows?

Hi Fred,

> > > If I switch between Windows and Linux I have to re-pair devices each time
> > > I boot the other system and try to use a service that requires
> > > authentication. Is there a utility to copy the link keys from Linux to
> > > Windows, so that both BlueZ and the MS-Stack use the same keys?
> >
> > I don't know of any tools, but I think there was a discussion about that
> > some time ago and it seems that the Widcomm stack is storing the link
> > keys somewhere in the Windows registry.
> 
> So does the MS-Stack..
> Then I'll go ahead and try it myself. If you don't know such a tool, then it 
> doesn't exist I guess. Uhm, btw. you are not going to change the structure of 
> the link_key file during the next weeks, do you?

I am working on the kernel based security manager and the new structure
of the link keys file will be ASCII based. So there will be change, but
actually I don't know when this will be ready for public review.

Regards

Marcel




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