Precision agriculture is an act of faith—trusting data, sensors, and algorithms to act as extensions of human intent.
FarmCore and FarmLytics were designed for efficiency, not exploitation. What follows illustrates how their interaction should have worked—until trust itself became the point of attack.
These diagrams are reconstructions, not warnings. They show the hinge where design met assumption.
Attack Summary (System View)
1Trust Boundary — Cloud → Site → EdgeBoundary
Certificates and policies anchor trust across FarmLytics, Gateway, and FarmCore.
Dual‑channel physics checks and local policy verification harden the edge.
FarmCore ↔ FarmLytics Overview
flowchart LR
%% Edge
subgraph E[Edge - Greenhouse or Grow Room]
SENS[Sensor Array - Temp RH CO2 PAR PPFD pH EC]
ACT[Actuators - LED arrays Pumps HVAC Fans]
SK[FarmCore Safety Kernel - local limits and simulation]
end
%% Site
subgraph SITE[Site Layer]
GWS[Site Gateway - data buffer and time sync]
LOG[Immutable Log - signed entries]
end
%% Cloud
subgraph CLOUD[Cloud - FarmLytics]
ING[Ingestion and Storage]
ML[Models and Optimization - recipe generator]
CA[Certificate and Policy Service]
end
%% Flows
SENS --> GWS
GWS --> ING
ING --> ML
ML -->|proposed recipe| GWS
GWS --> SK
SK -->|shadow test and verify| ACT
CA -.->|mutual TLS and certs| GWS
CA -.->|policy updates| SK
SK --> LOG
GWS --> LOG
ING --> LOG
%% Styles
classDef edge fill:#12313d,stroke:#52ffa8,color:#e8eef5;
classDef site fill:#1a2430,stroke:#52ffa8,color:#e8eef5;
classDef cloud fill:#2b2016,stroke:#ffb35a,color:#e8eef5;
class SENS,ACT,SK edge;
class GWS,LOG site;
class ING,ML,CA cloud;
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