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posted by mrpg on Friday December 15 2017, @04:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the #-sudo-nano-/etc/hosts dept.

Internet of Things users need to become sysadmins, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation says.

That's a summary of the Feds' blog post, published this week, in which the agency's Beth Anne Steele wrote that Things are best deployed on their own network, with an off-switch.

Steele's post offered a checklist explaining how consumers can best secure their stuff, including a suggestion to: "Isolate 'IoT' devices on their own protected networks" – which means you'll want a firewall between your broadband modem and the switch that connects the devices.

The checklist might reach beyond the capabilities of the average IoT buyer, who just wants to swipe the phone app to control their lights (because the wall is so far away), but on its own, that's a point worth making. So here's the full list, with El Reg commentary.

"Change default usernames and passwords?" Brain shutting down. Too. Much. Techno-babble.


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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Friday December 15 2017, @08:17PM (1 child)

    by legont (4179) on Friday December 15 2017, @08:17PM (#610429)

    Do you plan to drive a donkey?

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Saturday December 16 2017, @12:32AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Saturday December 16 2017, @12:32AM (#610570)

    Might be a while before we get Self-driving bikes...