Patient Safety Through RFID: Vulnerabilities in Recently Proposed Grouping Protocols

Journal of Medical SystemsPublished 13 April 2010

Anne-Katrin Wickboldt, Selwyn Piramuthu

DOI10.1007/s10916-010-9487-y

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Citations35

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SJR score0.96

SNIP1.52

TL;DR

This work considers the proposed protocols for RFID-tagged systems through cryptographic protocols, identifies some existing vulnerabilities, and considers the implications of these protocols for the future security and privacy of these systems.

Abstract

As RFID-tagged systems become ubiquitous, acceptance of this technology by the general public necessitates addressing related security/privacy issues. The past eight years have seen an increasing number of publications in this direction, specifically using cryptographic approaches. Recently, the Journal of Medical Systems published two papers addressing security/privacy issues through cryptographic protocols. We consider the proposed protocols and identify some existing vulnerabilities.

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