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The Sensor Lie Left Footprints on the Bus

SentryBus maps where I2C manipulation may remain observable—and where a host-side monitor loses the ability to distinguish it.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-19-009
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Summary

SentryBus maps where I2C manipulation may remain observable—and where a host-side monitor loses the ability to distinguish it.

The proposed monitor uses transaction timing, read and write sequences, transfer lengths, address behavior and raw-data transitions from the host-facing sensor bus. A dual-sided testbed established timing and capture limits, including a low-cost analyzer that could silently truncate data. Controlled attack trials are still outstanding and the authors claim no detection rate, making the negative boundary result as important as the proposed feature set.

Why it matters

SentryBus maps where I2C manipulation may remain observable—and where a host-side monitor loses the ability to distinguish it.

Limits and context

No additional limitation was separately recorded.

Key claims

  1. SentryBus maps where I2C manipulation may remain observable—and where a host-side monitor loses the ability to distinguish it.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-19-009

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.17082arXiv · primary research

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