[Cryptography] FBI: Don't trust IoT devices

Phillip Hallam-Baker phill at hallambaker.com
Wed Dec 11 14:19:17 EST 2019


On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:28 PM Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:

> On 2019-12-10 10:57:30 -0800 (-0800), Henry Baker wrote:
> [...]
> > To a first approximation, just consider isolating
> > each device in such a way that it can't "see" any
> > other device, but it can still talk to the internet.
> [...]
>
> For wired LANs, the most common solution is referred to as "port
> isolation" or "Private VLAN" but Cisco has a patent stranglehold on
> the concept laid out in IETF RFC 5517 and has litigated against
> perceived infringers who don't bow to their demands for license
> tithes:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_VLAN
>
>
> https://www.essentialpatentblog.com/2016/07/itc-rejects-de-facto-standard-defense-337-ta-944-cisco-v-arista/


  US6741592B1 Filed: May 22, 2000
There are some HP patents from the same era that should be expiring as well.
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