Hi all, I’m working on a electronics project to lock and unlock my door via my phone (with Bluetooth). It works well but it’s unsafe since I just send the lock and unlock command in cleartext, without authentication or encryption. I would like to add authentication to this so that only I can enter the house. I should be able to give friends/family access and revoke the access remotely (without being in Bluetooth range). I also would like to give other people (e.g. the cleaning lady) temporary access ("each Wednesday between 1pm and 5pm”). Since I would like to do this remotely I think I would need a server.
I remember the protocol Kerberos from my crypto class which seems like it would get the job done. I went to talk to two post-docs at the cryptology departement of the university where I study and they were convinced Kerberos was overkill in this situation. I’m not sure if they are correct though, since they didn’t seem to have a lot of experience with it. So my question is whether this really is overkill and whether another protocol would be a better fit for this? Thanks in advance! Simon ________________________________________________ Kerberos mailing list Kerberos@mit.edu https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/kerberos