[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Kerry Main]

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> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of Jan-Erik Soderholm via Info-vax
> Sent: 14-Sep-16 1:45 PM
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> Cc: Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)
> 
> Den 2016-09-14 kl. 18:18, skrev kc at kayceesoftware.com:
> > I'm working on a project with 10's of millions of nodes
potential.
> We
> > are testing with hundreds of nodes.  Each node is a simple
*nx
> os with
> > a few hundred lines of c code embedded.
> >
> > Each node talks wireless to a 'master' *nx node, that talks
via
> > cellular or internet to my VMS box just to store logs and
> > configuration settings.
> >
> > I'm only using VMS as I have some spare boxes and I'm
familiar
> with it.
> > It looks like we will be funded for production and the team
> consensus
> > so far is that VMS will not be the final repository.  Mostly
> because
> > of cost and questionable future.
> >
> > I can't imagine VMS being used at the low level sensor node
nor
> the
> > mid level master controller.  Each of these units is designed
so
> that
> > we don't change the battery's for perhaps 10 years, a single
> screw or
> > LED that is questionable is deleted.  At the low level sensor
> node the
> > controller cost will be under USD $15, that's for hardware,
os,
> and
> > embedded app.  I don't foresee VMS having a version for
> embedded
> > process control.
> >
> 
> I guess that technicaly VMS would work quite OK at the top
level,
> but your other "issues" with VMS are of course valid.
> 
> And yes, we will not see VMS either at the lowest or the mid
level
> for IoT "things". Or for any other embedded use.
> 

IoT and security, or rather lack thereof, in the news: 

Weak Device Security Turns IoT Into Powerful Weapon in DDoS
Attacks - Oct 01, 2016

http://bit.ly/2djwx1v
"For the past several days, security researcher Brian Krebs has
been battling a cyber-attack on a scale unlike any ever
previously observed on the internet.

Krebs, who writes the security blog Krebs on Security, was on the
receiving end of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
that delivered connection requests at the rate of nearly 700
gigabits per second. Equally alarming, the attack was generated
by well over a million video cameras as well as other
internet-connected devices ranging from set-top boxes to video
recorders."

[see link]

As discussed in this thread, in the rush to create IoT devices,
few IoT vendors have thought much about IoT security.


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com