Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@riley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riley</span></a></span> The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IrOBEX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrOBEX</span></a> standard is part of <em>the whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IrDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrDA</span></a> specification</em>...</p><p>The most interesting part is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LowLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowLevel</span></a> stuff, cuz theoretically one could just apply that to any optical system ranging from consumer LEDs to Laser pointers to fiberoptical assemblies.</p><ul><li>But most importantly I do think that IrDA would work great at a diagnostics / negotiation system for the revised <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RONJA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RONJA</span></a> PtP link that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> is working on, aiming to do 100 Mbit/s Ethernet with cheap COTS parts. </li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RONJA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RONJA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>As IR will be extremely quickly attenuated by the slightest amount of atmospheric moisture (aka. rain and fog) using visible light spectrum is an easier workaround.</p><ul><li>Plus that tech he's working on could yield a better short-range, contactless data exchange protocol where WiFi, and Bluetooth are not desireable and where passive security-by-design is desireable.</li></ul>