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Having worked for a flailing IoT startup before, I can tell you that it's not uncommon for products to ship with TLS certificates, but without any notion of a P
by maxaf 9y ago
Having worked for a flailing IoT startup before, I can tell you that it's not uncommon for products to ship with TLS certificates, but without any notion of a PKI or cert management infrastructure that would enable these devices to keep working in the future. As usual, a rush to launch leads to corners being cut. Sometimes these arguably crucial pieces are added later; other times, customers are left holding the bag when renewal of certificates turns out to be impossible for one reason or another.
- monksy 9y ago"MVP"
- nerpderp83 9y agoMVP - 1 The update framework is the second thing you figure out and don't cheap out on. No in place updates, everything needs dual firmware support with the 0 stage bootloader in ROM.
- nikanj 9y agoTheir doodad had all the features. Yours has a really great update framework. Guess which one gets funded at demo day, or makes it to retail shelves this christmas?
- m3rc 9y agoIf your doodad has a weak enough update framework that it bricks itself a handful of years after production, good luck getting any revenue or funding going forward.
- monksy 9y agoToo late .. already ~scammed~ ~ran away with the money~ I mean "pivoted"
- nerpderp83 9y agoThe _second_ thing you work on. UL listing should cover certificates, update, and boot resiliency.