J3Gen : a PRNG for Low-Cost Passive RFID

Pseudorandom number generation (PRNG) is the main security tool in low-cost passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) technologies, such as EPC Gen2. We present a lightweight PRNG design for low-cost passive RFID tags, named J3Gen. J3Gen is based on a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) configured with multiple feedback polynomials. The polynomials are alternated during the generation of sequences via a physical source of randomness. J3Gen successfully handles the inherent linearity of LFSR based PRNGs and satisfies the statistical requirements imposed by the EPC Gen2 standard. A hardware implementation of J3Gen is presented and evaluated with regard to different design parameters, defining the key-equivalence security and nonlinearity of the design. The results of a SPICE simulation confirm the power-consumption suitability of the proposal

Proactive threshold cryptosystem for EPC tags

We define three privacy-preserving solutions to the problem of distributing secrets between manufacturers and vendors of items labeled with Electronic Product Code (EPC) Gen2 tags. The solutions rely on the use of an anonymous threshold secret sharing scheme that allows the exchange of blinded information between readers and tags. Moreover, our secret sharing scheme allows self-renewal of shares with secret preservation between asynchronous shareholders. The first two solutions address the eavesdropping and rogue scanning threats. The third solution mitigates as well tracking threats