A lightweight code-based authentication protocol for RFID systems

Abstract

RFID is consider to be a common and useful tool in many applications, such as supply chain management, logistics, manufacturing, inventory control and so on. With the widespread adoption of RFID, the security and privacy issues of RFID systems are drawing more and more attention. In this paper, we propose a lightweight mutual authentication protocol based on error correction code for RFID systems with constant authentication time. Further analysis of the protocol shows that it also satisfies the essential requirements of RFID systems, including tag anonymity, location privacy, forward security, resistance to replay attack and de-synchronization attack, and immunity to tag compromise attack. We also compare our protocol with previous works in terms of security and performance.