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💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway

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  • MasMatM MasMat

    @anticimex Both Arduino IDE is 2.2 and Rpi is compiled with 2.2 stable.
    I'm seeing !TSF:MSG:SIGN FAIL in the serial monitor so something is not compatible... I will try making password >8 characters next (currently 6).

    I will also add those parameters to see if that makes a difference before reuploading arduino code

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    wrote on last edited by Anticimex
    #874

    @masmat if you add the signing debug flag and use the log parser on the homepage it should become clear what the problem is. You can also use the troubleshooting guide in the signing documentation.

    Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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      @anticimex This is what's happening in the gw:

      TSF:MSG:READ,36-192-15,s=69,c=0,t=81,pt=1,l=21,sg=0:221
      !TSF:MSG:LEN,16!=28
      TSF:MSG:READ,75-68-77,s=48,c=1,t=110,pt=1,l=25,sg=1:249
      !TSF:MSG:LEN,16!=32

      The parser didn't really help much: more baffled than before....and I came away from the troubleshooting guide feeling really stupid :)

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      • MasMatM MasMat

        @anticimex This is what's happening in the gw:

        TSF:MSG:READ,36-192-15,s=69,c=0,t=81,pt=1,l=21,sg=0:221
        !TSF:MSG:LEN,16!=28
        TSF:MSG:READ,75-68-77,s=48,c=1,t=110,pt=1,l=25,sg=1:249
        !TSF:MSG:LEN,16!=32

        The parser didn't really help much: more baffled than before....and I came away from the troubleshooting guide feeling really stupid :)

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        @masmat looks to me that your gateway is not set up for signing

        Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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        • AnticimexA Anticimex

          @masmat looks to me that your gateway is not set up for signing

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          @anticimex I think he didn't use all the parameters for the configure, right?

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          • gohanG gohan

            @anticimex I think he didn't use all the parameters for the configure, right?

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            #878

            @gohan the simple flags should not need more args, but I don't use a rPi as gw so I honestly am not sure exactly the args to use. The beta documentation has clear instructions for rPi signing, but those are specifically for beta branch and probably don't map exactly to the release yet.

            Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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            • gohanG gohan

              @anticimex I think he didn't use all the parameters for the configure, right?

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              @gohan The whole configure-line:

              sudo ./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15 --my-signing=software --my-signing-request-signatures --my-signing-weak_security --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ --my-gateway=mqtt --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-mqtt-user=XXXX --my-mqtt-password=YYYYY --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=mysensors-out --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=mysensors-in --my-mqtt-client-id=mygateway1 --my-leds-err-pin=12 --my-leds-rx-pin=16 --my-leds-tx-pin=18
              

              If anyone can tell what's missing or if there's a typo?

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              • MasMatM MasMat

                @gohan The whole configure-line:

                sudo ./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15 --my-signing=software --my-signing-request-signatures --my-signing-weak_security --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ --my-gateway=mqtt --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-mqtt-user=XXXX --my-mqtt-password=YYYYY --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=mysensors-out --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=mysensors-in --my-mqtt-client-id=mygateway1 --my-leds-err-pin=12 --my-leds-rx-pin=16 --my-leds-tx-pin=18
                

                If anyone can tell what's missing or if there's a typo?

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                @masmat https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs/group__RaspberryPiGateway.html

                Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                • MasMatM MasMat

                  @gohan The whole configure-line:

                  sudo ./configure --my-transport=nrf24 --my-rf24-irq-pin=15 --my-signing=software --my-signing-request-signatures --my-signing-weak_security --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ --my-gateway=mqtt --my-controller-ip-address=127.0.0.1 --my-mqtt-user=XXXX --my-mqtt-password=YYYYY --my-mqtt-publish-topic-prefix=mysensors-out --my-mqtt-subscribe-topic-prefix=mysensors-in --my-mqtt-client-id=mygateway1 --my-leds-err-pin=12 --my-leds-rx-pin=16 --my-leds-tx-pin=18
                  

                  If anyone can tell what's missing or if there's a typo?

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                  #881

                  @masmat you have redundant flags. The password option require no other signing flags. Only if you select software as signing backend you need other options (and none of the simple flags)

                  And remember that if you use software signing and not password signing, you need to personalize the GW and/or node.

                  Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                  • AnticimexA Anticimex

                    @masmat you have redundant flags. The password option require no other signing flags. Only if you select software as signing backend you need other options (and none of the simple flags)

                    And remember that if you use software signing and not password signing, you need to personalize the GW and/or node.

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                    #882

                    @anticimex I thought so too, but I'm grasping at straws to get the signing to work.
                    To clarify, is the following enough for simple signing: --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ

                    And the arduino code #define MY_SIGNING_SIMPLE_PASSWD = "ZZZZZZ"
                    Any difference where it's placed in the code? Anything else to check for?

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                    • MasMatM MasMat

                      @anticimex I thought so too, but I'm grasping at straws to get the signing to work.
                      To clarify, is the following enough for simple signing: --my-signing-debug --my-signing=password --my-signing-password=ZZZZZZ

                      And the arduino code #define MY_SIGNING_SIMPLE_PASSWD = "ZZZZZZ"
                      Any difference where it's placed in the code? Anything else to check for?

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                      @masmat it needs to be defined prior to the inclusion of mysensors.h. That should be it. (on the arduino node that is).

                      Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                        While on the subject: what would be the flags needed for setting the gateway to only use the simple encryption but not the (simple) signing feature?

                        I looked in the documentation and the node commands aren't mirrored for the gateway. I was hoping for something like:

                        --MY_SIGNING_SIMPLE_PASSWD=flowerpot77
                        --MY_ENCRYPTION_SIMPLE_PASSWD=spiderman41

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                          It's actually not needed since you can still set signing as optional on gateway

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                          • alowhumA alowhum

                            While on the subject: what would be the flags needed for setting the gateway to only use the simple encryption but not the (simple) signing feature?

                            I looked in the documentation and the node commands aren't mirrored for the gateway. I was hoping for something like:

                            --MY_SIGNING_SIMPLE_PASSWD=flowerpot77
                            --MY_ENCRYPTION_SIMPLE_PASSWD=spiderman41

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                            wrote on last edited by Anticimex
                            #886

                            @alowhum that feature is still only available for beta and is documented here: https://www.mysensors.org/apidocs-beta/group__SecuritySettingGrpPub.html

                            EDIT: not yet for rPi

                            Pull requests are welcome. I don't have time for this at the moment.

                            Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                              #887

                              Right. So is this correct?

                              NODES (arduino nano)
                              On all my nodes I will update them to have this code at the top:

                              #define MY_ENCRYPTION_SIMPLE_PASSWD spiderman41 // unfortunately Nano hardware doesn't really have enough memory for signing.
                              #define MY_RF24_CHANNEL 100 // in EU the default channel 76 overlaps with wifi.
                              #define MY_RF24_DATARATE RF24_1MBPS // slower datarate makes the network more stable?

                              GATEWAY (Raspberry Pi Zero W)
                              On my gateway I will use this configure code:

                              --my-security-password=spiderman41
                              --my-rf24-encryption-enabled
                              --my-signing-weak_security
                              --my-rf24-channel=100
                              --extra-cxxflags="-DMY_RF24_DATARATE=(RF24_1MBPS)"

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                              • alowhumA alowhum

                                Right. So is this correct?

                                NODES (arduino nano)
                                On all my nodes I will update them to have this code at the top:

                                #define MY_ENCRYPTION_SIMPLE_PASSWD spiderman41 // unfortunately Nano hardware doesn't really have enough memory for signing.
                                #define MY_RF24_CHANNEL 100 // in EU the default channel 76 overlaps with wifi.
                                #define MY_RF24_DATARATE RF24_1MBPS // slower datarate makes the network more stable?

                                GATEWAY (Raspberry Pi Zero W)
                                On my gateway I will use this configure code:

                                --my-security-password=spiderman41
                                --my-rf24-encryption-enabled
                                --my-signing-weak_security
                                --my-rf24-channel=100
                                --extra-cxxflags="-DMY_RF24_DATARATE=(RF24_1MBPS)"

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                                @alowhum you will need to enable weak security as well as that will enable both signing and encryption with signature requirements from all nodes on the gw

                                Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                                  #889

                                  @Anticimex thanks!

                                  as that will enable both signing and encryption with signature requirements from all nodes on the gw
                                  But I don't want signing? Or do you mean that it will remove that requirement?

                                  I only need to set that on the gateway, right?
                                  I've also added a slower datarate, thinking that will also create a more stable connection. I am in a busy urban environment with lots of RF noise. Is that smart?

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                                    @Anticimex thanks!

                                    as that will enable both signing and encryption with signature requirements from all nodes on the gw
                                    But I don't want signing? Or do you mean that it will remove that requirement?

                                    I only need to set that on the gateway, right?
                                    I've also added a slower datarate, thinking that will also create a more stable connection. I am in a busy urban environment with lots of RF noise. Is that smart?

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                                    @alowhum I thought you did not want signing: "but not the (simple) signing feature?"

                                    Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                                      Yes, I don't want signing. But what you wrote said that it wil ENABLE signing. Check your sentence. Probably a typo, but I wanted to make sure :-)

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                                      • alowhumA alowhum

                                        Yes, I don't want signing. But what you wrote said that it wil ENABLE signing. Check your sentence. Probably a typo, but I wanted to make sure :-)

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                                        @alowhum the simple security flag enables signing yes.

                                        Do you feel secure today? No? Start requiring some signatures and feel better tomorrow ;)

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                                          @alowhum said in 💬 Building a Raspberry Pi Gateway:

                                          --my-signing-weak_security

                                          But does the "--my-signing-weak_security" enable signing?

                                          I want to disable signing completely. What flags do I need to use when building a gateway that only uses encryption?

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