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Any Encryption?

A project log for nRF_Detekt

This project is meant as a security add-on to an individual's physical security. Will warn of intruders in real-time and while you are away.

int-mosfetInt-Mosfet 05/21/2016 at 03:440 Comments

Yes, yes there's encryption. Right now I support XTEA encryption. As of now, it's best to encrypt 32 bit chunks (4 bytes), so I do a microsecond timer value (32 bit timer) and an entropy sample which I'm not 100% sure if it's suitable entropy but I'm using it for now.

This is because I'm not supplying an IV to what's being encrypted, so if I sent the same thing with the same key, it's the same traffic again and again.

I believe (you really have to knock on wood or be careful speaking before you've done it in engineering) I should have Keyloq encryption (which is just another option) and AES-128 encryption in future. I can also encrypt with XTEA multiple times, to make it pretty unlikely it'll get cracked.

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