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With IoT, one generally has control of the devices, so one can distribute their own keys without having to "trust" the authorities. In that case, something like
by orthecreedence 10y ago
With IoT, one generally has control of the devices, so one can distribute their own keys without having to "trust" the authorities. In that case, something like libsodium could handle the communication between devices.
- lawnchair_larry 10y agoThis is technically possible but practically impossible.
- beached_whale 10y agoThe library doesn't always fit, let alone larger keychains. This gets you encryption but means you have less room for the software that pays. This is the balance. Also, many of the IoT devices have a few hundred bytes of ram and a few kilo bytes of flash, so public key may be out of the question. It is changing, there are devices like the esp32 that can fit a lot more along with providing wifi/bluetooth