Single RFID Tag Ownership Transfer Protocols

  • Authors:
  • Gaurav Kapoor;Selwyn Piramuthu

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Management and Computer Studies, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India;Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Security/privacy issues are of paramount importance for widespread acceptance and use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. Over the last few years, researchers have addressed this issue through lightweight cryptographic means. While a majority of existing RFID security/privacy protocols address authentication issues, the ability to change as well as share ownership of these tagged objects is equally important. We consider a few RFID ownership transfer variations and propose protocols that are lightweight and secure. We consider ownership transfer scenarios for single tag–single owner with and without a trusted third party (TTP). We provide security analysis to evaluate the accuracy, confidentiality, and forward security of the proposed protocols from a cryptography perspective.