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Re:A vigilante trying to improve IoT security by nickpsecurity on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @04:49PM (#14206856)
"It's simply difficult to secure devices. It's hard the same way engineering is hard."

Put OpenBSD and OpenSSH on them with configuration explained in a good book on the subject. Write your apps in memory-safe language that validates external input. The End [for vast majority of attacks in IoT space]. It's not as hard as you detractors claim. They just don't care.

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Re:A vigilante trying to improve IoT security by pferde on Thursday April 27, 2017 @08:59AM (#14211083)
Indeed. It's not hard, it's just more expensive than not doing it at all. And since there is usually no incentive doing it, it is not being done, because not doing it saves money.
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Re:A vigilante trying to improve IoT security by nickpsecurity on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:31AM (#14211301)
Exactly!
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