Is That Antenna Allowed? The Real Deal on the FCCs OTARD Rule

The Hackaday comments section is generally a lively place. At its best, it’s an endless wellspring of the combined engineering wisdom of millions of readers which serves to advance the …read more Continue reading Is That Antenna Allowed? The Real Deal on the FCCs OTARD Rule

Hackaday Links: August 18, 2024

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They’re back! The San Francisco autonomous vehicle hijinks, that is, as Waymo’s fleet of driverless cars recently took up the fun new hobby of honking their horns in the wee …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 18, 2024

Why is the "intermediate" challenge needed in Bluetooth ECDH since the "real" verification is performed at the end with code comparison?

Why is step 4 needed? What does it protect in terms of security? Doesn’t the protection arrives from the last step so when Va and Vb (so called TK, Temporary Keys) are compared?
Other thing: I read somewhere that Cb is sent immediately an… Continue reading Why is the "intermediate" challenge needed in Bluetooth ECDH since the "real" verification is performed at the end with code comparison?