IoT application provisioning service

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Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
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2017-08-28

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Security and Mobile Computing

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T3011

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Master's Degree Programme in Security and Mobile Computing (NordSecMob)

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en

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51

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Constant development of software requires updating our Internet of Things (IoT) devices regularly. Some services such as transportation, health care, surveillance and electronic payments require high availability, even during a software update. IoT updates in urban scenarios require connectivity based on the Internet Protocol (IP) and long range connection with adequate speed. Normally, these requirements are provided by cellular network (i.e., using a SIM card) to connect to the Internet. This option presents several disadvantages: it is very expensive and it exposes IoT devices to security threats due to the permanent connection to the Internet. These challenges could be addressed by leveraging long-range broadcast communication (e.g., FM broadcast). IoT devices periodically listen for and receive updates through such a communication infrastructure, without actually being connected to the Internet. This thesis presents a system to provide software updates for IoT devices through long-range broadcast communication technologies. A prototype has been developed based on the concept of “seamless updates”. This allows performing software updates in the background, hence ensuring the availability of a device during the installation time of an update. This seamless update process was implemented on an embedded device (i.e., a Raspberry Pi 3) with a Linux-based operating system. Furthermore, a web-based backend has been implemented. Such a backend allows IoT developers to upload their updates targeting a specific class of devices and schedule when the update will be sent. The security goals of integrity and authentication are accomplished by signing the updates in the backend and verifying it at the IoT device. Moreover, a performance evaluation is performed for the system upgrade service with different parameters to sign the updates.

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Di Francesco, Mario

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Kortoçi, Pranvera

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provisioning service, IoT, seamless updates, OTA

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201709046876

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