Method for securing information between RFID reader and tag, and RFID reader and tag using the same

• US 20070069852A1
• Filed: 09/22/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Choi, Gil-Young, Chae, Jong-Suk, Lee, Dong-Han, Pyo, Cheol-Sig, Bae, Ji-Hoon, Mo, Hee-Sook, Quan, Chenghao
• Application Number:
  US11/525,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20070069852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3236 using cryptographic hash functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response

Abstract

Provided is a method for securing information between a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and tag, and an RFID Reader and tag using the same. The method includes the steps of: a) requesting an access password of the RFID tag in the RFID reader; b) extracting a key value mapped to the access password transmitted from the RFID tag and transmitting the key value to the RFID tag in the RFID reader; c) outputting a hash function value from the key value transmitted from the RFID reader in the RFID tag; and d) determining whether to allow the RFID reader to access to an RFID tag memory based on whether the outputted hash function value is the same as the access password of the RFID tag.

Claims

1. A method for securing information between a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader and an RFID tag, comprising the steps of:

a) requesting an access password of the RFID tag in the RFID reader;

b) extracting a key value mapped to the access password transmitted from the RFID tag and transmitting the key value to the RFID tag in the RFID reader;

c) outputting a hash function value from the key value transmitted from the RFID reader in the RFID tag; and

d) determining whether to allow the RFID reader to access to an RFID tag memory based on whether the outputted hash function value is the same as the access password of the RFID tag.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

e) converting the status of the RFID tag into a secured status when the outputted hash function value is the same as the access password of the RFID tag.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

f) lifting lock of the RFID tag when the outputted hash function value is the same as the access password of the RFID tag.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

g) creating a random key value in the RFID reader;

h) calculating a hash function value from the random key value in the RFID reader and transmitting the hash function value to the RFID tag;

i) storing the random key value and the hash function value in the RFID reader memory; and

j) storing the hash function value transmitted from the RFID reader as a new access password in the RFID tag memory.

5. A method for protecting information of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, comprising the steps of:

a) creating a random key value;

b) calculating a hash function value from the random key value and transmitting the hash function value to the RFID tag;

c) storing the random key value and the hash function value in the RFID reader; and

d) storing the hash function value transmitted from the RFID reader as an access password of the RFID tag and converting a status of the RFID tag into a lock status.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

e) requesting the access password of the RFID tag in the RFID reader;

f) extracting a key value mapped to the access password and transmitting the key value to the RFID tag;

g) outputting a hash function value from the key value; and

h) lifting the lock of the RFID tag when the hash function value outputted in the RFID tag is the same as the access password of the RFID tag.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the step h) includes the steps of:

h1) converting the status of the RFID tag into a secured status when the hash function value is the same as the access password of the RFID tag; and

h2) lifting the lock by converting a lock flag according to a command of the RFID reader when the RFID tag converted into the secured status is in the lock status.

8. A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, comprising:

a control means for creating a message for requesting an access password of an RFID tag; and

a memory for storing the access password and a key value corresponding to the access password,

wherein the RFID reader extracts the key value corresponding to the access password transmitted from the RFID tag in the memory and transmitting the extracted key value to the RFID tag.

9. The RFID reader as recited in claim 8, wherein the access password is a hash function value of the corresponding key value.

10. The RFID reader as recited in claim 8, further comprising:

a random key creating means for creating a random key value; and

a hash function calculating means for calculating the hash function value from the random key value,

wherein the RFID reader creates a message for recording the hash function value as a new access password of the RFID tag and transmitting the message to the RFID tag.

11. The RFID reader as recited in claim 10, wherein the memory stores the random key and the hash function value calculated from the random key in a table.

12. A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, comprising:

a memory for storing an access password of the RFID tag; and

a signal processing means for outputting a hash function value from a key value transmitted from the RFID reader and allowing memory access when the outputted hash function value is the same as the stored access password.

13. The RFID tag as recited in claim 12, wherein a status of the RFID tag is converted into a secured status when the outputted hash function value is the same as the stored access password.

14. The RFID tag as recited in claim 12, wherein the lock status is lifted when the outputted hash function value is the same as the stored access password.

15. The RFID tag as recited in claim 12, wherein when the hash function value outputted from the random key value is transmitted from the RFID reader, the hash function value is stored as a new access password and the status of the RFID tag is converted into the lock status.