Inside the Internet of Things - Bryon Moyer Blog
[From the last episode: We saw many reasons why your IoT device may need to be updated.] We’ve seen that it’s important to do updates. How does that happen in real life? An update “package” comes from the factory that created the new software. The new software is going to […]
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[From the last episode: We saw how we can attest to the legitimacy of IoT device software.] It’s really important to keep your IoT device software up to date. I know, it’s a pain on laptops and such, when you have to shut everything down and restart and all of […]
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[From the last episode: We looked at authorization – the permissions that different people or things have to see things on the network.] Let’s say that your IoT device sends a message to a server. Let’s say it’s a refrigerator, and it’s sending the message that you’re out of milk. […]
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[From the last episode: We looked at the various kinds of keys and how they can interact for authentication and data encryption.] So far, we’ve focused on the first of three A-words: authentication. The whole point of authentication is to make sure that someone getting onto the network is who […]
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[From the last episode: We looked at an example of how authentication ensures that, when you establish a secure web connection, everyone is who they say they are.] Let’s talk some more about keys. And I’ll warn you: as hard as I’m going to try to make things clear, you […]
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