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HIP draft - Secure Concentrators#484

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@dinocore1 dinocore1 commented Oct 3, 2022

Draft HIP XX: Secure Concentrators
Author(s) @dinocore
Start Date: Oct 1, 2022
Category: Technical
Original HIP PR: !!TODO!!
Tracking Issue: !!TODO!!

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In this HIP, we propose a new type of IoT network actor: the Secure Concentrator Card (SCC). Secure Concentrator Card is similar to standard LoRaWAN concentrator cards, but with an additional Secure Microcontroller Unit (SMCU) and onboard GPS receiver. The SMCU digitally signs LoRa data packets as they are received from the radio. In this way, packet data and its corresponding metadata (RSSI, Frequency, GPS location, and time) can be verified to be authentic.

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@dinocore1 dinocore1 force-pushed the secure_concentrators branch from b37e203 to f869464 Compare October 4, 2022 02:38
@jamiew jamiew changed the title Secure Concentrators HIP draft - Secure Concentrators Oct 5, 2022
@jamiew jamiew added the draft label Oct 5, 2022
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This looks great! Great job! Let me know when you're ready to move this forward. We'll get a channel in the server open and move this into an issue.


* Increase security level of Helium's Proof-of-Coverage (I.E. make gaming much more difficult).
* Ability to replace/upgrade existing Miner's concentrator card with secure concentrator card
* Turn off-the-shelf LoRaWAN gateways into PoC Helium miner (DIY hotspot)

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I think this is ready to add a discord channel and move into an issue. I added a quick blurb about DIY hotspots: 8947824

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