ncat + Raspberry Pi + Spot-On = Love

In this exercise, we’ll connect two Spot-On devices through a Debian-powered Raspberry Pi using ncat. You’ll need a functional network, a Raspberry Pi, and two Spot-On devices.

Let’s install ncat on the Pi.

sudo aptitude install nmap

Next, let’s generate some SSL material.

openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server-key.pem -out server-cert.pem

Now let’s launch ncat.

ncat –broker –ssl –ssl-cert server-cert.pem –ssl-key server-key.pem -k -l 192.168.178.130 4710

Visit the Neighbors tab in each of the Spot-On devices and define the 192.168.178.130 remote server. Activate the neighbors and launch the kernels. That’s it!