LE Secure Connections

E203911

LE Secure Connections is an enhanced Bluetooth Low Energy security feature that provides stronger encryption and protection against eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks during device pairing and data exchange.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bluetooth Low Energy security feature
link layer security mechanism
appliesTo Bluetooth LE data exchange
Bluetooth LE pairing
backwardsCompatibleWith LE Legacy Pairing
definedIn Bluetooth Core Specification Vol 3 Part H
Bluetooth Core Specification
surface form: Bluetooth Core Specification Vol 6
enhances confidentiality of Bluetooth LE communication
integrity of Bluetooth LE communication
improvesOver LE Legacy Pairing
introducedIn Bluetooth
surface form: Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2
isRecommendedFor Bluetooth LE devices handling sensitive data
mitigates active man-in-the-middle attacks
passive eavesdropping attacks
operatesAt Bluetooth LE link layer
partOf Bluetooth Core Specification
surface form: Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth security architecture
provides protection against eavesdropping
protection against man-in-the-middle attacks
stronger encryption
reduces risk of key compromise
requires Bluetooth 4.2 or later
support in both paired devices
user interaction for certain association models
securityLevel higher than LE Legacy Pairing
standardizedBy Bluetooth Special Interest Group
supports Just Works association model
Numeric Comparison association model
Out of Band association model
Passkey Entry association model
bonding between Bluetooth LE devices
privacy features in Bluetooth LE
targetEnvironment Internet of Things devices
mobile devices
wearable devices
uses AES-CCM encryption
ECDH key agreement
Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange
FIPS-compliant P-256 elliptic curve
authenticated pairing methods
key confirmation procedures
key distribution procedures
long term key generation
numeric comparison for user verification
pairing feature exchange
public key cryptography
random number generation
session key derivation

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Bluetooth supportsSecurityFeature LE Secure Connections