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Challenge–Response Auth (asymmetric signatures)

The authentication scheme for the esp32-custom-controller. Closes the actual hole in the uhppote-udp-protocol: forged or replayed commands. The requirement is authenticity + freshness (anti-replay); encryption is optional. (See parking-system-architecture §7.)

Host (private key)                    ESP32 (host's PUBLIC key only)
  │── "open lane 2" ──────────────────▶│ generates fresh random nonce
  │◀──────────── nonce ─────────────────│
  │ sign(nonce ‖ command ‖ ts) ────────▶│ verify vs stored public key
  │                                     │ check nonce fresh + unused → pulse relay

The elegant property

The controller stores only a public key. Physically compromising the ESP32 (popping the cabinet, dumping flash via the atecc608) yields nothing usable for forging commands. The fresh per-command nonce defeats replay without counter-persistence headaches.

A shared-secret / encrypted channel would not have this property — the secret would sit on both ends. That's why authentication (not encryption) is the right build here.