A novel RFID authentication protocol with ownership transfer

Abstract

RFID technology has a wide application in many fields. However, there are many security and privacy issues. The paper presents a RFID security proposal to enhance security levels. It is established as following steps. It first builds a security communication channel, then implements tags and corresponding reader authentication, finally solves the ownership transfer issue. This protocol involves minimal interaction between tags and corresponding reader, which can efficiently lower the computational burden on the tag. Its security is verified by BAN logic. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.