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Is the message that the MME sends the UE containing its allocated IP address encrypted?

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Is the message that the MME sends the UE containing its allocated IP address encrypted?
posted Jan 12, 2016 by Jad Said

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Not very clear about question will you like to clarify further what is the query?

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If I understood your question then answer is yes. Since security procedure has been already completed before sending the attach accept message to UE, ESM information that actually contains the IP address assigned to UE is security protected.

answer Jan 12, 2016 by Harshita
Thank you very much for your answer...So I understand that if someone is sniffing LTE packets (for example using Wireshark) s/he cannot discover my IP address and carry on IP attacks on my cellphone or other device... Am I right?
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