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Using general-ciphering messages

By sgbubble , 1 April, 2025
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Gurux.DLMS

Hi,

I want to do a small script to test general-ciphering messages using identified key, wrapped key and agreed key. I'm using the python library as a DLMS client.
Can you provide an example on how to configure it?

Thank you,

Sara

sgbubble

1 year 5 months ago

I'm using the Python library

I'm using the Python library

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Kurumi

1 year 5 months ago

Hi, The general-ciphering…

Hi,

The general-ciphering use system title, block cipher and authentication keys to cipher the data. Check the -B -A -T arguments from the client example.

BR,
Mikko

sgbubble

1 year 5 months ago

Hi, With those variables I…

Hi,

With those variables I can do a general-glo-ciphering request, but I want to generate a general-ciphering one. Is it possible with the latest version of the library?

Thank you

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Kurumi

1 year 5 months ago

Hi, You need to set the…

Hi,

You need to set the general protection conformanse flag.

https://www.gurux.fi/Gurux.DLMS.Conformance#GeneralProtection

BR,

Mikko

sgbubble

1 year 5 months ago

When General protection flag…

When General protection flag is active both general-global-ciphering and general-ciphering can be used, can't they?
How can I specify to use the later?

Thank you

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