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doc/GrcardSIM2-WEKI-file: update with knowledge from doc/vendor/grcard2-person-script
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
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1 GrcardSIM2 cards have a proprietary EF under DF_GSM with file ID 0x0001;
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2 Osmocom wiki page for this card model gives EF.WEKI as the name for this
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3 proprietary file. We (FreeCalypso) have no idea as to where this name came
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4 from, and where and how the people who wrote that wiki page (Sysmocom staff or
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5 not - unknown) got this knowledge. This file is important because it stores Ki
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6 and the selection of COMP128 algorithm version, but the same file also appears
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7 to have other fields serving other purposes which are not currently understood.
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9 When we (FreeCalypso) asked Grcard about this proprietary file, they sent us a
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10 "personalization" command script which we have archived in this code repository
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11 under doc/vendor/grcard2-person-script; this script is a sequence of command
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12 APDUs (raw hex with minimal comments) for an example card programming. The
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13 proprietary file in question is named GSM_KI in this script; the origin of the
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14 name EF.WEKI that appears in the Osmocom wiki page is still unknown.
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16 The total length of this transparent EF is 35 bytes, out of which only the first
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17 19 bytes are documented in the Osmocom wiki page and written by their pySim-prog
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18 tool. Interestingly enough, Grcard's "personalization" command script also
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19 writes only the first 19 bytes. Let us now break down this file according to
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20 our currently available limited understanding:
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22 * The first two bytes are always 00 10 - these byte values appear in "blank"
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23 unprogrammed cards as shipped by Grcard, they also appear in the Osmocom wiki
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24 page, and are programmed by pySim-prog. The "personalization" script we got
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25 from Grcard also programs the same 00 10 in these two bytes. The purpose and
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26 meaning of these two bytes are completely unknown, and we have never tried
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27 writing anything different into them.
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29 * The next byte gives COMP128 algorithm selection plus something else that is
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30 not understood:
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32 - The low 2 bits of this byte select COMP128 algorithm version as follows:
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34 0b00 = COMP128v1
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35 0b01 = COMP128v2
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36 0b10 = COMP128v3
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38 Note that the Osmocom wiki page is wrong in its description of these bits:
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39 setting these two bits to 0b11 ends up selecting COMP128v2 rather than v3.
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40 (pySim-prog is unaffected because it always writes 00 into the whole byte,
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41 selecting COMP128v1.)
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43 - The remaining 6 bits of this byte are not understood. Osmocom wiki page
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44 tells people to write zeros into the upper 6 bits and so does pySim-prog;
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45 the "personalization" command script we got from Grcard also writes zeros
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46 into these upper 6 bits. However, if one orders "blank" or unprogrammed
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47 cards from Grcard like we do, the initial "unprogrammed" state of this byte
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48 is 0x20, as one can see in the data/grcard2-blank-state dump.
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50 Setting the upper nibble to either 0 or 2 does not seem to affect the
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51 result of RUN GSM ALGORITHM operations, thus it probably controls something
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52 else - or perhaps that bit controls nothing at all, and the "unprogrammed"
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53 state is merely a bogon - we have no way of knowing.
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55 * The next 16 bytes store Ki - this part is straightforward.
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57 * The last 16 bytes are not understood; our "blank" unprogrammed cards from
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58 Grcard have all FFs in these bytes.
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60 fc-simtool support for programming Ki and COMP128 algorithm selection
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61 =====================================================================
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63 Even if we never learn the function of the other mysterious fields of EF.WEKI,
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64 we must be able to program our own Ki and make our own selection of COMP128
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65 algorithm version in order to use these programmable SIM cards with our own GSM
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66 networks. The following solution has been implemented for immediate use:
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68 * Our grcard2-set-comp128 command takes a single argument of 1, 2 or 3,
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69 selecting COMP128 algorithm version. The implementation of this command
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70 selects EF.WEKI, reads the previous content of the magic byte at offset 2,
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71 keeps the upper 6 bits unchanged, and writes the new COMP128 algorithm
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72 selection into the low 2 bits. If we ever learn the meaning of other bits,
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73 we'll be able to add new orthogonal commands that manipulate those other bits,
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74 but leave COMP128 selection unchanged.
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76 * Our grcard2-set-ki command writes 16 bytes at offset 3, leaving all other
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77 bytes untouched.