Security and privacy solutions for low-cost RFID systems

• Published in: Proceedings of the 2004 Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing Conference, 2004 pp. 337 - 342
• Main Authors: Ranasinghe, D.C., Engels, D.W., Cole, P.H.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2004
• Subjects: CMOS technology; Costs; Hardware; Industrial electronics; Information security; Manufacturing; Privacy; Proposals; Public key cryptography; Radiofrequency identification
• ISBN: 0780388941; 9780780388949
• DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2004.1417485

Low cost radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are increasingly being deployed in industry and commerce. These contactless devices have raised public concern regarding violation of privacy and information security. There is a growing need in the RFID community to discover and develop techniques and methods to overcome several problems posed by the abovementioned concerns. This paper presents proposals on feasible security mechanisms for low cost RFID systems and analyses them from both security and privacy points of view.