Melia - Garcia - Herrera - RFIDSec ASIA 2009

Security and Privacy of Postal RFID Systems J. Melià Seguí, J. Garcia Alfaro and J. Herrera Joancomartí
Security and privacy on low-cost RFID deployments is focusing the attention of researchers due to the progressive adoption by retailers, making the RFID a real ubiquitous technology. Besides the retail sector, other logistics industries are starting to improve their processes with this technology like the postal companies, supposed to be one of the largest RFID sector. This paper is focused on the postal model of EPC RFID technology, and its security and privacy implications. We propose a postal RFID threat context and review some measures to improve security and privacy in current RFID deployments.
Keywords: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Electronic Product Code (EPC); Postal Services; Network Security; Wireless Security.

Security and privacy on low-cost RFID deployments is focusing the attention of researchers due to the progressive adoption by retailers, making the RFID a real ubiquitous technology. Besides the retail sector, other logistics industries are starting to improve their processes with this technology like the postal companies, supposed to be one of the largest RFID sector. This paper is focused on the postal model of EPC RFID technology, and its security and privacy implications. We propose a postal RFID threat context and review some measures to improve security and privacy in current RFID deployments.