UMass Amherst Research Advances RFID Security

Three researchers in the University of Massachusetts Amosite has come up with a way to improve security equipment for the use of existing RFID technology and not to increase the size of small gadgets. RFID tags are used for a wide range of applications, today, from the building safety inventory tracking. They use passive system, in response to the radio antenna, read their memories. According to a press release from the umass Amosite, "This technology, although convenient, can easily breach of security, for example, the use of credit cards RFID technology are vulnerable to thieves, with the appropriate equipment, can be read take information from the victim card any time in the past to consider its pocket "In order to combat this, researchers umass Amosite - Huienba and get Kevin Fu, Dan h olcomb-up with a , using random numbers, so that each message sent an RFID tag is unique. It uses the "specialized software" to give readers label "learning method, the unique data from the labels existing hardware. "Â € œwe believe weâ € ™ re common to see how the existing circuit can identify specific labelling and protection of their data, contact € Burleson said , in a prepared statement. Contact € œthe key innovation is applying the technology to RFID tags, because theyâ € ™ re-exports of this small device, very small memories. RFID tags are not unusual property itâ € ™ s powered by the rise and fall outside sources because it doesnâ € ™ with a battery. We use electricity in the process, and let tagâ € ™ s physical characteristics do work.â € According to the study, power supply, RFID equipment to conduct a fluctuation in their memory cells specific Each individual device. Therefore, a single device can be identified and cloned equipment, can be found such.the researchers say, their work is still preliminary. Further research will be conducted through a new collaborative relationship umass Amosite computer science and electrical and computer engineering departments, as a trustworthy and reliable network equipment and embedded systems (trends), the initial study RFID consortium is the security and confidentiality (link below) after the meeting, the security of the RFID, it is more organized this summer.read: umass amherstrfid consortium of security and confidentiality