7/23/2008 6:34:46 PM

Remember the good old days of Analogue phones, where you could listen to the phone calls of your neighbours simply by listening on the channel they were using? This is not the case with DECT.
DECT is protected in two ways: Authentification, to avoid that somebody registers a new pirate handset to your installation, and Encryption, to avoid communications being overheard.
--DECT authentication: for registering a handset, the user puts the base in registration mode, and enters a unique PIN-code on the handset. Thus, it is impossible to register a handset to a phone which is not your own: you have to have physically acces to the existing device to add a new handset.
Most handsets are sold as pre-registered packs.
--DECT encryption: All communications between base and handset are encrypted with a set of keys which are renewed for each call. Thus it is impossible to listen to the communications of a phone you don't own.
All in all, the security of DECT has never been an issue.

Alberto Zanettin