Password streaming for RFID privacy

Victor K.Y. Wu, Roy H. Campbell

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Abstract

We propose a novel privacy-protecting RFID system using password streaming. Our scheme assumes a centralized back-end system containing a database of tag passwords. A reader uses this database to broadcast password “guesses” continuously in its domain, without it needing to scan for the presence of tags. A tag that receives a matching password tells the reader it is present, and the password is replaced with a new one that is synchronized both in the tag and the database. Our scheme also assumes multiple readers with their respective domains in a large physical space. As tags and attackers (adversaries intent on compromising privacy) move between domains, the back-end system coordinates the readers’ password streams to defend against attacks. Our scheme pushes the computational complexity to the back-end system, very much in the spirit of RFID. It defends against stronger types of attacks than those in [4].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOn the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems
Subtitle of host publicationOTM 2008 Workshops - OTM Confederated InternationalWorkshops and Posters ADI, AWeSoMe, COMBEK, EI2N, IWSSA, MONET, OnToContent+QSI, ORM, PerSys, RDDS, SEMELS, and SWWS 2008, Proceedings
EditorsRobert Meersman, Zahir Tari, Pilar Herrero
PublisherSpringer
Pages883-892
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783540888741
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventInternational Conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2008 and held ADI 2008, AWeSoMe 2008, COMBEK 2008, EI2N 2008, IWSSA, MONET 2008, OnToContent 2008, QSI 2008, ORM 2008, PerSys 2008, RDDS 2008, SEMELS 2008 and SWWS 2008 - Monterrey, Mexico
Duration: Nov 9 2008Nov 14 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5333
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

OtherInternational Conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2008 and held ADI 2008, AWeSoMe 2008, COMBEK 2008, EI2N 2008, IWSSA, MONET 2008, OnToContent 2008, QSI 2008, ORM 2008, PerSys 2008, RDDS 2008, SEMELS 2008 and SWWS 2008
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMonterrey
Period11/9/0811/14/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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