Title :
Security Improvement of an RFID Security Protocol of ISO/IEC WD 29167-6
Author :
Song, Boyeon ; Hwang, Jung Yeon ; Shim, Kyung-Ah
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Math. Sci., Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
12/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) has become widespread in a range of applications. International standards of RFID technology are actively being developed for securing RFID communications. Recently, ISO/IEC WD 29167-6 proposed three security protocols, namely Protocol 1, 2 and 3. In this letter, we show that Protocol 1 - mutual authentication and secure communication in security mode - is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack. We also propose a countermeasure against the attack.
Keywords :
IEC standards; ISO standards; cryptographic protocols; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication security; ISO/IEC WD 29167-6; RFID communications; communication security; countermeasure; international standards; man-in-the-middle attack; mutual authentication; radio frequency identification; security protocol; Encryption; IEC standards; ISO standards; Protocols; Radiofrequency identification; RFID; authentication; man-in-the-middle attack;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.103111.111816
