On the security of RFID devices against implementation attacks

International Journal of Security and Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 106-118

  Hutter, Michael ^a   Plos, Thomas ^a   Feldhofer, Martin ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fault analysis; Implementation attacks; Power and electromagnetic analysis; Radio frequency identification; RFID; RFID security; Side channel analysis

Indexed keywords

RADIO WAVES; SIDE CHANNEL ATTACK;

ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FAULT ANALYSIS; IMPLEMENTATION ATTACKS; RFID SECURITY; SIDE-CHANNEL ANALYSIS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 77949765115     PISSN: 17478405     EISSN: 17478413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2010.032209     Document Type: Article

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