SLRV: An RFID Mutual Authentication Protocol Conforming to EPC Generation-2 Standard
Abstract: Having done an
analysis on the security vulnerabilities of Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) through a desynchronization and an impersonation attacks, it is revealed
that the secret information (i.e.: secret key and static identifier) shared
between the tag and the reader is unnecessary. To overcome the vulnerability,
this paper introduces Shelled Lightweight Random Value (SLRV) protocol; a mutual
authentication protocol with high-security potentials conforming to electronic
product code (EPC) Class-1 Generation-2 Tags, based on lightweight and standard
cryptography on the tag’s and reader’s side, respectively. SLRV prunes
de-synchronization attacks where the updating of internal values is only executed
on the tag’s side and is a condition to a successful mutual authentication.
Results of security analysis of SLRV, and comparison with existing protocols,
are presented.
Author: Mu’awya Naser
Journal Code: jptkomputergg150092
