22. Gulaschprogrammiernacht

Reversing the ESP32 Wi-Fi hardware
30.05, 19:45–20:05 (Europe/Berlin), HfG Blauer Salon
Sprache: English

The ESP32 is a low-cost microcontroller with Wi-Fi connectivity. Currently, the Wi-Fi MAC layer of the ESP32 is closed-source. This project aims to change that: by reverse engineering the hardware registers and software, we can build a networking stack that is open-source up to the hardware, instead of having to use the proprietary Wi-Fi binary blobs.

This will improve security auditability, open up the possibility for features not supported in the proprietary implementation (for example, standards-compliant mesh networking), improve interoperability and make research into Wi-Fi networks with lots of nodes more affordable.


This talk will consist of:

  • problem description
  • goals
  • previous work
  • tools used
  • progress report
  • (maybe a demo)

See also https://github.com/esp32-open-mac/ and blog posts on https://esp32-open-mac.be/


Content Notes

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Siehe auch: slides (3,7 MB)