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Re: Spitballing IoT Security
From: Chris Boyd <cboyd () gizmopartners com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 06:51:11 -0500
On Oct 25, 2016, at 3:10 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg () tristatelogic com> wrote: An IoT is -not- a general purpose computer. In the latter case, it is assumed that the owner will "pop the hood" when it comes to the software configuration.
Ah, but they are. In many cases you can ship a product faster and cheaper with an ARM based system running a stripped down Linux and some specialty I/O than building a properly hardened custom microcontroller. Source: Recently went through a round of proposals and bids for a small IoT type product. Also, you probably _don’t_ want the average consumer “popping the hood” on their PC OS. They will screw something up. Worked in small business IT hell for 8 years, and that was the single most dangerous thing a customer could do. —Chris
Current thread:
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security, (continued)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Eric S. Raymond (Oct 29)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security bzs (Oct 30)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security John Weekes (Oct 29)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Pierre Lamy (Oct 31)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Doug Barton (Oct 30)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Rich Kulawiec (Oct 30)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Jim Hickstein (Oct 30)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Eliot Lear (Oct 27)
- RE: Spitballing IoT Security Keith Medcalf (Oct 28)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Alan Buxey (Oct 29)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Chris Boyd (Oct 25)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Eliot Lear (Oct 28)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security bzs (Oct 25)
- RE: Spitballing IoT Security Steve Mikulasik (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security J. Oquendo (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Mike Hammett (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Hugo Slabbert (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Mike Hammett (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security bzs (Oct 24)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Rich Kulawiec (Oct 26)
- Re: Spitballing IoT Security Eric S. Raymond (Oct 26)