Analysis of attacks against the security of keyless-entry systems for vehicles and suggestions for improved designs

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-50

  Alrabady, Ansaf Ibrahem ^a   Mahmud, Syed Masud ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictionary attack; Keyless entry; Passive entry vehicles; Rolling code; Scan attack; Vehicle security

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REMOTE CONTROL; USER INTERFACES; VEHICLES;

DICTIONARY ATTACK; KEYLESS ENTRY; PASSIVE ENTRY VEHICLES; ROLLING CODE; SCAN ATTACK; VEHICLE SECURITY;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 13444301344     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.838829     Document Type: Article

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