Monitoring PC LOG REPORTS via DMP XR200/ICOM and Linux

I kinda doubt you'll be able to decrypt them.

| > I noticed that in addition to sending alarms and other reports to the | > remote station, it can also send "PC log reports" to another networked | > computer. | >

| > I have set up the reporting service (via my Remote Link software) and | > pointed it to the IP address of my Linux server. I can see that | > packets are being sent to the server but I don't know how to read | > them. | >

| > I was hoping that they were in SNMP so that I could use (and parse) a | > standard SNMP daemon, but that doesn't appear to be true... | >

| > So does anyone know what format the log report packets are sent in? | > Any ideas on how to write a linux daemon to monitor the port and | > decode/log the packets? | >

| > Thanks! |

Probably because I lack the time and skill :)

But, I don't believe that the messages are truly encrypted (I don't have the ICOM-E) and good open source guys have dissassembled much more complex and intentionally encrypted protocols.

If I were a betting guy, I would wager in fact that the messages are pretty much sent in the clear with just some header info up front.

You'd win the bet, too. Alarm panel manufacturers don't like to spend money and, more importantly, EEPROM real estate on encryption. Besides, encryption of the log files and alarm reporting signals would do nothing to enhance the security of the system.

For clarification, the software which panel manufacturers like Napco issue encrypts the data files stored on the downloader PC. It does not, however, encrypt the messages the PC and the panel. Some downloaders don't even encrypt the data files.

I seriously doubt they're encrypted at all. Even if they are, given the communication protocols and competent programmer could decipher it.

For sure their network stuff is - uses 128 bit Rijndael encryption and it's US Gov AES.

Hey Frank I know this might seem hard to grasp but you don't have to respond to every message

"Rijndael"... Sounds Icelandic to me... They invaded us once you know? You give 'em a "toe-hold" and they'll do it again. In a few years the President's name will be "Bjorn Augustuson". "Oh him", people will say, "The guy with the horns." :-)

Doh! Thanks Crash. I was thinking about non-network stuff, not the present subject.

Really???

I'm not sure abt the non-network stuff, so I didn't wanna open my trap. I will ask next time I see my rep.