Demo: Building Comprehensible Access Control for the Internet of Things using Beetle

Abstract

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) powers a wide range of devices and peripherals including personal fitness trackers, smart clothing, locks, ovens, light bulbs, toys, etc. Today, these peripherals interact with a limited set of applications running on smartphones and gateways, in a one-to-one manner. Beetle, however, demonstrates the viability of BLE and Generic Attribute Profile (GATT) to support more sophisticated communication between networks of applications and peripherals. Using Beetle, we present a new data-plane for the home and personal Internet of Things (IoT); a policy language and enforcement layer in Beetle to showcase fine-grained and user understandable access control; and several distributed IoT configurations built from existing and prototype BLE peripherals and applications.