Security on MDEK1001

Good afternoon,

I would like to know how can i secure the MDEK1001 UWB network. Meaning:

  1. How do i prevent an external user to download the android manager app and modify my network settings ?
  2. I know that we can disconnect the bluetooth from the devices in the network but then does tag still send their position to the app? to the gateway?

Moreover, I would like to add a bluetooth 4 digit PIN so not everyone can connect to my tag and start dumping data. Shall I modify the firmware for that?

If you can provide any documentation/experience on how to do that, would be super useful.

Thanks!

@leapslabs Hi,
could you see my message above by any chance?

thanks!

Hi @axelcln
PANS 2.0 is pretty old firmware and unfortunately there is no way how to make the BLE connection secure. Also you can not modify the firmware as it is closed source firmware.

The only solution is to turn off the BLE on nodes and then use gateways for gathering positions form the data and configuring the network. You can also enable encryption on the UWB later if needed. But this will automatically turn off the BLE on the nodes.

Cheers
JK

Hi @leapslabs,
thanks for your message.
I have found the source code of the DWM1001 (API & on-board packages), in the “documents” section.
I have been trying to modify it to force PIN authentification on bluetooth pairing with tag and then flash all the uwb devices.
Do you have any experience with that?