Securing a device with IoT Hub
IoT Hub provides hyper-scale identity registry for millions of devices per unit. The Azure IoT Hub secures devices while they are out in the field by registering them in Hub and providing a unique identity key for each IoT device. These secured details require the IoT solution/backend application to communicate with the device while it is in the field operation. It is a quick and easy process to configure an IoT device which can communicate over the internet into the IoT Hub. The device manufacturer will associate these details during the manufacturing of the hardware unless an Over the AIR (OTA) technique is implemented.
Getting ready
The Azure IoT SDKs help to manage any devices that are a part of the IoT Hub. Each IoT device, when registered in the IoT Hub unit, gets a unique device ID and a key generated for it. The identity registry provides secure storage of device identities and security keys for an IoT solution.
How to do it...
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