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An Active Attack Against HB+ - A Provably Secure Lightweight Authentication Protocol

Authors:
Henri Gilbert
Matt Robshaw
Herve Sibert
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/237
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Abstract: Much research has focused on providing RFID tags with lightweight cryptographic functionality. The HB+ authentication protocol was recently proposed and claimed to be secure against both passive and active attacks. In this note we propose a linear-time active attack against HB+.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2005-12572,
  title={An Active Attack Against HB+ - A Provably Secure Lightweight Authentication Protocol},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={RFID, privacy, low-cost cryptography, authentication},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/237},
  note={ matt.robshaw@francetelecom.com 12985 received 21 Jul 2005},
  author={Henri Gilbert and Matt Robshaw and Herve Sibert},
  year=2005
}