A New Secure RFID Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-theft Scheme for Merchandise

Abstract

Counterfeiting and theft have always been problems that incur high costs and results in considerable losses for the international markets. In this research paper, we will address the issue of counterfeiting while using RFID technology in retailer systems or other industries by presenting a new anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft system for the retailer market. This system will address the two above mentioned issues and provide a solution that can save the retailer systems millions of dollars yearly. This proposed system will achieve the objective of preventing or minimising the counterfeiting and theft of tagged products. At the same time, it will provide a strong indication for suspiciously sold or obtained items. Furthermore, we conducted a security analysis to prove the correctness of our protocol on the basis of the strand spaces.

An Extended Re-selling Protocol For Existing Anti-Counterfeiting Schemes

“…This protocol presents a new method for managing RFID tags that reduces the number of read operations to the minimum to achieve better security and privacy results. In [4] and [1], proposed a new scheme to overcome the anti-counterfeiting problem based on shared secret key later conduct a formal security analysis based on strand space to ensure the security of their work. Also, in [39], an ownership transfer protocol proposed by Kapoor and Piramuthu in [40].…”

“…RFID tag counterfeiting can be described as the replication of a tag by either cloning its hardware component or copying its software in a way that the genuine reader or users would not be able to tell the if this tag is genuine or replicated one. [1] Losses incurred because of the sale of counterfeit products have led to consequences that can negatively impact the industry growth and the loss of market share for businesses. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is a promising technology for the development of anti-counterfeiting solutions.…”

“…A number of researchers have proposed methods to address these problems, including track and trace methods and physically unclonable function (PUF)-based methods; however, the existing methods do not provide a sufficiently integrated solution to address the counterfeiting problem in a retail environment. Many researcher address RFID based product anti-counterfeiting by proposing protocols or schemes to address this issue such as [2], [3] and [4]. The work in [5] is the most recent and secure since the researchers apply the frame work to a formal security analysis based on strand space.…”

An Extended Re-selling Protocol For Existing Anti-Counterfeiting Schemes

“…tag counterfeiting can be described as the replication of a tag by either cloning its hardware component or copying its software in a way that the genuine reader or users would not be able to tell the if this tag is genuine or replicated one. [1] A number of researchers have proposed methods to address 5 these problems, including track and trace methods and physically unclonable function (PUF)-based methods; however, the existing methods do not provide a sufficiently integrated solution to address the counterfeiting problem in a retail environment. Many researcher address RFID based product anti-counterfeiting by proposing protocols or schemes to address this issue such as [2], [3] and [4].…”

“…Other techniques to overcome anti-counterfeiting can be found in [20], [34], [35] and [36] where a distance bounding technique were used to identify cloned tags without the need 65 to use complex cryptography operations. Anti-counterfeiting schemes based on cryptography as in [17], [4]and [1]. While other similar proposed schemes can be found in [30], [37], [38] and in [39].…”