Encryption standards question.

[Mogley]

Hello. I recently joined my local VFD. One of the guys there works at one of those radio dealer places that program the local police radios.
The dispatch channels are in the clear but the tac channels are not.
He told me that the "Industry standard for keys are usually the phone number of the department/radio dealer, or the dealers name".
I've read a lot of things on this forum and I could swear something similar was mentioned before but I can't seem to find it.
Is there any truth to what he said or is he just full of it?


Thanks,
Mog

 

[a417]

Hello. I recently joined my local VFD. One of the guys there works at one of those radio dealer places that program the local police radios.
The dispatch channels are in the clear but the tac channels are not.
He told me that the "Industry standard for keys are usually the phone number of the department/radio dealer, or the dealers name".
I've read a lot of things on this forum and I could swear something similar was mentioned before but I can't seem to find it.
Is there any truth to what he said or is he just full of it?


Thanks,
Mog

Lazy folks will do that. There is no "industry standard", it's just a poor past practice that hasn't been eliminated by competent people. If there was an industry standard, it would be found here. A well run shop/system won't do that. It's the cursory illusion of privacy.

 

[Mogley]

Lazy folks will do that. There is no "industry standard", it's just a poor past practice that hasn't been eliminated by competent people. If there was an industry standard, it would be found here. A well run shop/system won't do that. It's the cursory illusion of privacy.

I figured it was just laziness but I wanted a few extra opinions.

 

[KevinC]

Asked and answered. Closing before it gets even more ridiculous.

How would you enter a dealer name anyway???