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Markus Unterwaditzer 86e08f9a85 Allow enabling/disabling analyzers from config file (#382)
Co-authored-by: Will Greenberg <willg@eff.org>
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Heuristics

Rayhunter includes several analyzers to detect potential IMSI catcher activity. These can be enabled and disabled in your config.toml file.

Available Analyzers

  • IMSI Requested: Tests whether the ME sends an IMSI Identity Request NAS message
  • Connection Release/Redirected Carrier 2G Downgrade: Tests if a cell releases our connection and redirects us to a 2G cell. This heuristic only makes sense in the US, European users may want to disable it.
  • LTE SIB6/7 Downgrade: Tests for LTE cells broadcasting a SIB type 6 and 7 which include 2G/3G frequencies with higher priorities
  • Null Cipher (disabled by default): Tests whether the cell suggests using a null cipher (EEA0). This is currently disabled by default due to a parsing bug triggering false positives.