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The $F_f$-Family of Protocols for RFID-Privacy and Authentication

Authors:
Erik-Oliver Blass
Anil Kurmus
Refik Molva
Guevara Noubir
Abdullatif Shikfa
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/476
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Abstract: In this paper, we present the design of the lightweight $F_f$ family of privacy-preserving authentication protocols for RFID-systems. $F_f$ is based on a new algebraic framework for reasoning about and analyzing this kind of authentication protocols. $F_f$ offers user-adjustable, strong authenticity and privacy against known algebraic and also recent SAT-solving attacks. In contrast to related work, $F_f$ achieves these two security properties without requiring an expensive cryptographic hash function. $F_f$ is designed for a challenge-response protocol, where the tag sends random nonces and the results of HMAC-like computations of one of the nonces together with its secret key. In this paper, the authenticity and privacy of $F_f$ is evaluated using analytical and experimental methods.
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@misc{eprint-2008-18101,
  title={The $F_f$-Family of Protocols for RFID-Privacy and Authentication},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={RFID, authentication, privacy},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/476},
  note={ erik-oliver.blass@eurecom.fr 14194 received 10 Nov 2008, last revised 11 Nov 2008},
  author={Erik-Oliver Blass and Anil Kurmus and Refik Molva and Guevara Noubir and Abdullatif Shikfa},
  year=2008
}