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RFID: An Anticounterfeiting Tool

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RFID Security

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In this paper, we describe several applications concerning how an RFID system can be used as an anticounterfeiting tool. We survey the security services that are necessary for such RFID applications. We introduce potential threats to such an RFID system and the necessary security services. We discuss security models for the security services in an anticounterfeiting RFID system and construct a generic protocol that can be used (i.e., slightly modified to fit the necessary application).

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Brian King

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Xiaolan Zhang

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  1. School of Science & Technology Computer Science, Hellenic Open University, Tsamadou 13-15, 262 22, Patras, Greece

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  2. Simula Research Laboratory, Martin Linges v 17, Fornebu, P.O. Box 134, 1325, Lysaker, Norway

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King, B., Zhang, X. (2008). RFID: An Anticounterfeiting Tool. In: Kitsos, P., Zhang, Y. (eds) RFID Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76481-8_2

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