Analysis of OPACITY and PLAID Protocols for Contactless Smart Cards
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Authors
Kiat, Koh Ho
Run, Lee Yong
Subjects
Open Protocol for Access Control Identification and Ticketing with Privacy
OPACITY
Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity
PLAID
Wireless authentication
Contactless smart cards authentication
factors of authentication
granularity of identification
credential confidence
subject-token binding
non-repudiation
MITM resistance
protection of classified material
authorization support
key distribution
bit entropy
cipher performance
OPACITY
Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity
PLAID
Wireless authentication
Contactless smart cards authentication
factors of authentication
granularity of identification
credential confidence
subject-token binding
non-repudiation
MITM resistance
protection of classified material
authorization support
key distribution
bit entropy
cipher performance
Advisors
Fulp, John D.
Singh, Gurminder
Date of Issue
2012-09
Date
Sep-12
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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There is an increasing use of contactless smart card technology for identification, access control, and financial transactions due to its numerous advantages. However, there is also an increasing number of attacks that exploit the insecure contactless communications in order to gain unauthorized access to personal and sensitive information for illegitimate use. Open Protocol for Access Control Identification and Ticketing with privacY (OPACITY) and Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity (PLAID) are two privacy-enhanced protocols that enable secure contactless communications to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of contactless smart card information and transactions. This thesis will examine and analyze the principle mechanisms behind OPACITY and PLAID protocols to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the protocols, as well as to benchmark the performance of the protocols against each other.
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Computer Science (CS)
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