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A Firmware Update Architecture for Internet of Things Devices
draft-moran-suit-architecture-03

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (suit WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Brendan Moran , Milosch Meriac , Hannes Tschofenig
Last updated 2018-03-23 (Latest revision 2018-03-05)
Replaces draft-moran-fud-architecture
Replaced by draft-ietf-suit-architecture, draft-ietf-suit-information-model
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Abstract

Vulnerabilities with Internet of Things (IoT) devices have raised the need for a solid and secure firmware update mechanism that is also suitable for constrained devices. Incorporating such update mechanism to fix vulnerabilities, to update configuration settings as well as adding new functionality is recommended by security experts. This document lists requirements and describes an architecture for a firmware update mechanism suitable for IoT devices. The architecture is agnostic to the transport of the firmware images and associated meta-data. This version of the document assumes asymmetric cryptography and a public key infrastructure. Future versions may also describe a symmetric key approach for very constrained devices.

Authors

Brendan Moran
Milosch Meriac
Hannes Tschofenig

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