Inside the Internet of Things - Bryon Moyer Blog
[From the last episode: we looked at the notion of idempotence and why it matters for the IoT] Here’s a question: if IoT devices are going to talk to each other and the cloud, they have to do so based on some kind of rules. Like, “If the temperature falls […]
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[From the last episode: We looked at hashing, showing how you can turn a block of data into a kind of signature.] You come home after work and you notice that the back door isn’t locked. One of those things that’s easy to forget when you’re in a hurry. So… […]
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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 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 looked at security at many levels of the communications stack.] We’ve talked a lot about security in communications and stored data. But what about when computing? A processor brings instructions and data in from memory, and, done in a sloppy fashion, unwelcome viewers might get […]
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