@article{qun_twc07,
	author = {Chiu C. Tan and Bo Sheng and Qun Li},
	title = {Secure and Serverless {RFID} Authentication and Search Protocols},
	journal = {{IEEE} Transactions on Wireless Communications},
	year = {2008},
	month = {April},
	volume = {7},
	number = {4},
	pages = {1400--1407},
	publisher = {},
	earlier = {},
	later = {},
	url = {}
	}

Abstract

With the increased popularity of RFID applications,
different authentication schemes have been proposed to provide
security and privacy protection for users. Most recent RFID
protocols use a central database to store the RFID tag data. The
RFID reader first queries the RFID tag and returns the reply to
the database. After authentication, the database returns the tag
data to the reader. In this paper, we propose a more flexible
authentication protocol that provides comparable protection
without the need for a central database. We also suggest a
protocol for secure search for RFID tags. We believe that as
RFID applications become widespread, the ability to securely
search for RFID tags will be increasingly useful.