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Most people on the net complaints about security issues related to esp8266.

What are those security holes that we should worry about?


Thanks

The ESP8266 is one big security hole, there is no security at all!

Having said that, you can use it just fine, just use it only in a very confined environment. You could be using it on internet, but make sure your server expects responses from hacked devices (and handles that accordingly).

eriksl wrote:The ESP8266 is one big security hole, there is no security at all!

Having said that, you can use it just fine, just use it only in a very confined environment. You could be using it on internet, but make sure your server expects responses from hacked devices (and handles that accordingly).

But what is the point of using a microcontroller on the internet?
A microcontroller should talk with a server in the intranet and that server should offer some services on the internet.

That would be my reasoning too, but it appears some of us have remote sensor rigs that wake up every now and then, connect to a public wifi (!) and then send their measurings.