{"id":16188,"date":"2016-10-30T19:33:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T23:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=16188"},"modified":"2016-10-30T19:33:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T23:33:14","slug":"homekits-stringent-security-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/30\/homekits-stringent-security-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"HomeKit&rsquo;s Stringent Security Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aarontilley\/2015\/07\/21\/whats-the-hold-up-for-apples-homekit\/\">Aaron Tilley<\/a> (in 2015, via <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2016\/10\/25\/homekit-security\">John Gruber<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/aarontilley\/2015\/07\/21\/whats-the-hold-up-for-apples-homekit\/\"><p>Apple allows for either WiFi or Bluetooth low energy (LE)-enabled devices to get certified as a HomeKit accessory. Apple is requiring device makers using both WiFi and Bluetooth LE to use complicated encryption with 3072-bit keys, as well as the super secure Curve25519, which is an elliptic curve used for digital signatures and exchanging encrypted keys.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Another source who requested anonymity to protect his relationship with Apple said lag times reached 7 minutes when his company&rsquo;s device tried to use the HomeKit protocol through Bluetooth LE. According to the source, chipmakers like Broadcom BRCM +% and Marvell are revamping their Bluetooth LE chips to better handle the level of encryption required by Apple.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>All of this pain, however, could be a boon for the smart home industry, especially on the security side. The industry has had to contend with a reputation for lackluster security.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Tilley (in 2015, via John Gruber): Apple allows for either WiFi or Bluetooth low energy (LE)-enabled devices to get certified as a HomeKit accessory. Apple is requiring device makers using both WiFi and Bluetooth LE to use complicated encryption with 3072-bit keys, as well as the super secure Curve25519, which is an elliptic curve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1326,31,48],"class_list":["post-16188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-homekit","tag-ios","tag-security"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16190,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16188\/revisions\/16190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}