Abstract
Counterfeit goods have always been an enormous threat to the world economy, but they could potentially be combatted by employing an emerging technology – Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) — in the near future. In this chapter, we present an architectural perspective on RFID-based anticounterfeiting solutions. An overview of an RFID-enabled anticounterfeiting system is described and analyzed. In the end system, we emphasize on the importance of a secure binding between the target object and RFID tag, as well as the security of the mutual authentication protocol between the RFID tag and reader. As for the backend system, we describe the closed-loop systems that are deployed in the pharmaceutical industry, and the open-loop solution specified by the EPCglobal committee. On building practical and cost-effective anticounterfeiting solutions in realistic environments, we can learn and gain valuable experience from the current efforts put into RFID pilots. While we may potentially be facing more challenges ahead of us, we are optimistic that with advancements in RFID technology, better and more complete solutions toward anticounterfeiting can be provided.
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Li, T., Lim, TL. (2008). RFID Anticounterfeiting: An Architectural Perspective. In: Kitsos, P., Zhang, Y. (eds) RFID Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76481-8_6
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