26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-6.4 ST2:

MULTI-PURPOSE RFID ACCESS CONTROL USING ASYMMETRIC KEY BASED TAG-READER MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION

M. Li, R. Poovendran*, R. Falk**, A. Koepf**, M. Braun**, K. Sampigethaya, R. V. Robinson, S. Lintelman, H. Seuschek**
Boeing Phantom Works, USA; *Univ. of Washington, Germany; **Siemens Corporate Technology, USA

Keywords: RFID Security, Access control, Tag cloning, Multi-Domain RFID systems

We envision an RFID system in which future on-board RFID tags and readers of network enabled airplanes are connected to ground systems at airports traversed, for multiple purposes such as logistics, maintenance, and access control. We propose an architecture for such a multi-purpose RFID system, and present detailed security analysis.

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