Securing a communication

With the estimated number of IoT devices set to increase in the coming years across the globe, it is important how we connect those devices. The durability of receiving telemetry data from devices and delivering commands in response will be an important feature of any IoT solution which needs to be considered.

Getting ready

Azure IoT Hub does not permit insecure connections. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is always enforced. All messages are tagged with the originator on the service side, allowing the detection of in-payload origin spoofing attempts.

The Azure IoT Hub SDK provides a messaging infrastructure to establish secure communication between the connected devices using several IoT protocols...