An RFID system with enhanced hardware-enabled authentication and anti-counterfeiting capabilities

Lakafosis,; Traille,; Lee, Myeong Soo; Orecchini,; Gebara,; Tentzeris,; Laskar,; DeJean,; Kirovski,

doi:10.1109/mwsym.2010.5517420

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“…Recently, several PUF-constructions were broken by numerical modeling attacks [Rhrmair et al 2010]. Lakafosis et al [2010Lakafosis et al [ , 2011 realized RF physical objects to be included in RFID tags as certificates of authenticity (CoA) against counterfeiting [Dejean and Kirovski 2007]. The physical object uniqueness came from RF effects in the high-frequency range 5 -6 GHz.…”

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Towards Practical Identification of HF RFID Devices

Danev

Čapkun

Masti

et al. 2012

ACM Trans. Inf. Syst. Secur.

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The deployment of RFID poses a number of security and privacy threats such as cloning, unauthorized tracking, etc. Although the literature contains many investigations of these issues on the logical level, few works have explored the security implications of the physical communication layer. Recently, related studies have shown the feasibility of identifying RFID-enabled devices based on physical-layer fingerprints. In this work, we leverage on these findings and demonstrate that physical-layer identification of HF RFID devices is also practical, that is, can achieve high accuracy and stability. We propose an improved hardware setup and enhanced techniques for fingerprint extraction and matching. Our new system enables device identification with an Equal Error Rate as low as 0.005 (0.5%) on a set 50 HF RFID smart cards of the same manufacturer and type. We further investigate the fingerprint stability over an extended period of time and across different acquisition setups. In the latter case, we propose a solution based on channel equalization that preserves the fingerprint quality across setups. Our results strengthen the practical use of physical-layer identification of RFID devices in product and document anti-counterfeiting solutions.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Towards Practical Identification of HF RFID Devices

Danev

Čapkun

Masti

et al. 2012

ACM Trans. Inf. Syst. Secur.

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“…Unlike traditional RFIDs with encoded digital information, the proposed solution is to use inkjet-printed diversified tags that have a certain distinctive electromagnetic signature in response to an incident electromagnetic field oscillating at the full 5-6 GHz. This EM signature, that is unique to each tag, constitutes its certificate of authenticity (RF-CoA) [17].…”

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“…It comprises of 5-by-5 antenna matrix of 25 individual microstrip patch elements. Nine of the patches operate as transmitter to illuminate the RF-COA placed within the readers near field, while eight of patches are used as receivers to read the reflected EM signature from it [17].…”

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Inkjet Printed, Self Powered, Wireless Sensors for Environmental, Gas, and Authentication-Based Sensing

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Abstract-In this paper, inkjet-printed flexible sensors fabricated on paper substrates are introduced as a system-level solution for ultra-low-cost mass production of UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags and wireless sensor nodes in a "green" approach that could be easily extended to other microwave and wireless applications. The authors briefly touch up the state-of-the-art area of fully integrated wireless sensor modules on paper and show several active and power scavenging platforms to power on wireless sensors that could potentially set the foundation for the truly convergent wireless sensor ad hoc networks of the future.Plus, the authors address the integration of carbon-nanotubes on paper substrates for the realization of ultra sensitive (parts per billion) gas sensors and present benchmarking results for various scavenging approaches involving solar and charge transfer-based mechanisms. Various challenges of packaging, passives, antennas, sensors and power sources integration are investigated in terms of ruggedness, reliability and flexibility performance for space, automotive, "smart-skin" and wearable applications.

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“…RF susceptible resonator circuitry make use of integrated capacitors and coils providing strong resonance peaks called LC-PUFs [15]. A fascinating work is the Radio-Frequency-Certificate-Of-Authenticity (RF-COA) approach presented by Darko Kirovski, Gerald Dejean et al [16][17][18]. The technique is based on using the construction of unclonable tags and labels containing random constellations of scatterers printed on paper (one possible implementation) or laminated into credit-card (sized) applications consisting of "… extremely difficult to replicate, random arrangement of a conductive material, such as copper wire, mixed with a firm dielectric material, such as plastic PET mold, that produces a unique and repeatable response in the near-field environment."…”

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Cocoon-PUF, a novel mechatronic secure element technology

Kreft

Adi

2012

2012 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS)

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A new Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) technology is proposed. The technology is targeting the implementation of a highly secure unclonable electromechanical device. The resulting system includes a physical unit providing identi¬fication properties mutually-dependent on both microelectronic and mechanical components. The tech¬nology is based on combining very high frequency wave propagation, scattering and reflection based on dielectric and/or magnetic particles or composites (potted) in matrices of a closed medium with mechanical spatial factors related to encapsulation material. It is assigned the name Cocoon-based Physical Unclonable Function (Cocoon-PUF). The resulting fingerprint properties are related to the transmitters and sensors integrated on the chip die, the spatial randomized distribution in the encap¬su¬lation matrix (potting material), offering unpredictable and hence practically impossible to clone or duplicate mechatronic units. The targeted Cocoon-PUF is to build rigging-resistant non-silicon based mechanical footprints in tamper resistant packaging. Additionally, the proposed technology fits to the tendency and requirement of protection against Electro-Magnetic-Pulse (EMP) surges (as TEMPEST design), which can be seen as an additional pleasant side effect of Electro-Magnetic-Compatibility (EMC) of the Cocoon protection principle. The paper presents the basic technology principles and shows first promising prototyping results of that new technology.

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An RFID system with enhanced hardware-enabled authentication and anti-counterfeiting capabilities

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Towards Practical Identification of HF RFID Devices

Towards Practical Identification of HF RFID Devices

Inkjet Printed, Self Powered, Wireless Sensors for Environmental, Gas, and Authentication-Based Sensing

Cocoon-PUF, a novel mechatronic secure element technology

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