Abstract
As pervasive computing environments become popular, RFID devices, such as contactless smart cards and RFID tags, are introduced into our daily life. However, there exists a privacy problem that a third party can trace user's behavior by linking device's ID. The concept of unlinkability, that a third party cannot recognize whether some outputs are from the same user, is important to solve the privacy problem. A scheme using hash function satisfies unlinkability against a third party by changing the outputs of RFID devices every time. However, the schemes are not scalable since the server needs O(N) hash calculations for every ID matching, where N is the number of RFID devices. In this paper, we propose the K-steps ID matching scheme, which can reduce the number of the hash calculations on the server to O(log N). Secondly, we propose a quantification of unlinkability using conditional entropy and mutual information. Finally, we analyze the K-steps ID matching scheme using the proposed quantification, and show the relation between the time complexity and unlinkability.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | WPES'05 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society |
| Pages | 55-60 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 1 2005 |
| Event | WPES'05: 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society - Alexandria, VA, United States Duration: Nov 7 2005 → Nov 7 2005 |
Publication series
| Name | WPES'05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society |
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Other
| Other | WPES'05: 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Alexandria, VA |
| Period | 11/7/05 → 11/7/05 |
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Quantitative evaluation of unlinkable ID matching schemes. / Nohara, Yasunobu; Inoue, Sozo; Baba, Kensuke; Yasuura, Hiroto.
WPES'05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society. 2005. p. 55-60 (WPES'05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AU - Nohara, Yasunobu
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N2 - As pervasive computing environments become popular, RFID devices, such as contactless smart cards and RFID tags, are introduced into our daily life. However, there exists a privacy problem that a third party can trace user's behavior by linking device's ID. The concept of unlinkability, that a third party cannot recognize whether some outputs are from the same user, is important to solve the privacy problem. A scheme using hash function satisfies unlinkability against a third party by changing the outputs of RFID devices every time. However, the schemes are not scalable since the server needs O(N) hash calculations for every ID matching, where N is the number of RFID devices. In this paper, we propose the K-steps ID matching scheme, which can reduce the number of the hash calculations on the server to O(log N). Secondly, we propose a quantification of unlinkability using conditional entropy and mutual information. Finally, we analyze the K-steps ID matching scheme using the proposed quantification, and show the relation between the time complexity and unlinkability.
AB - As pervasive computing environments become popular, RFID devices, such as contactless smart cards and RFID tags, are introduced into our daily life. However, there exists a privacy problem that a third party can trace user's behavior by linking device's ID. The concept of unlinkability, that a third party cannot recognize whether some outputs are from the same user, is important to solve the privacy problem. A scheme using hash function satisfies unlinkability against a third party by changing the outputs of RFID devices every time. However, the schemes are not scalable since the server needs O(N) hash calculations for every ID matching, where N is the number of RFID devices. In this paper, we propose the K-steps ID matching scheme, which can reduce the number of the hash calculations on the server to O(log N). Secondly, we propose a quantification of unlinkability using conditional entropy and mutual information. Finally, we analyze the K-steps ID matching scheme using the proposed quantification, and show the relation between the time complexity and unlinkability.
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