Lightweight Authentication Protocol for RFID-Enabled Systems Based on ECC

Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) is a leading wireless technology with respect to Automatic Identification and Data Capture(AIDC). With its increasing popularity amongst the researchers and industries, it has been successful in paving its way to various domains including supply chain management, healthcare, agriculture, aviation, etc. Potential applications of RFID range from tracking of assets to real-time human monitoring. However, with its wide-scale deployment, RFID systems have become more vulnerable to different kinds of active and passive attacks leading to various issues such as information leakage, identity revelation, spoofing, tracking, etc. Thus, privacy needs to be embedded in such systems so as to maintain highest levels of privacy and authenticity at all times. In order to address these issues, this paper proposes an efficient and lightweight authentication protocol using Elliptical Curve Cryptography(ECC). It is found to be safe as it establishes mutual authentication between the server and tags; while protecting against replay, tracking, eavesdropping, and cloning risks. In addition to this, AVISPA has been used to formally verify the security features of the protocol. The obtained results indicate that it is more preferable for RFID- enabled devices and provides better security than its previous counterparts.