Questions tagged [embedded-system]

I read another question about an embedded https daemon, which got me wondering: How might one maintain secrecy about the private key within such an embedded system? My logic is: If the device ships with the key inside it, and someone can obtain [a…

Parting from the reasonable supposition that "everything can be hacked", I am sure the answer is 'yes.' But is it something possible, or even feasible? I know that aeroplane computer systems are proprietary, but that would be a pretty weak security…

I would like to build a simple system, are there any obvious security flaws in it? Will this hashing mechanism be fairly secure without any other layers of encryption? I have a simple module where people can enter in codes, and a server that keeps a…