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Comments on an Improved RFID Security Protocol for ISO/IEC WD 29167-6

  • Kang, You Sung (Software Research Laboratory, ETRI, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST) ;
  • Choi, Dooho (Software Research Laboratory, ETRI) ;
  • Park, Dong-Jo (Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST)
  • Received : 2012.09.18
  • Accepted : 2012.10.30
  • Published : 2013.02.01
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Abstract

With the rapid progress of RFID security technologies, the international standard group ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 is developing a few security technologies for RFID systems. One of the initial proposals is ISO/IEC working draft (WD) 29167-6. Recently, Song and others stated that Protocol 1 of ISO/IEC WD 29167-6 is vulnerable to a malicious adversary. However, their analysis comes from a misunderstanding regarding a communication parameter called Handle. In this letter, we point out that an adversary cannot obtain any sensitive information from intervening in Protocol 1.

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