RSA authentication in Internet of Things : Technical limitations and industry expectations

Sammanfattning: The objective of this thesis is to evaluate if it is possible to run RSA authentication in a specified scenario. A Raspberry Pi with a limited CPU is used to simulate a low-performance device. A series of tests on this device shows that it is not possible to run RSA authentication in the provided scenario.A survey conducted on IT-professionals shows that there is a strong belief that this is possible. The results shows that there is a disparity between the tested RSA performance and the perception in the industry. However since ambiguity exists in the scenario it is hard to draw conclusions about the results.