Paper 2009/200

A Survey on the Evolution of Cryptographic Protocols in ePassports

Rishab Nithyanand

Abstract

ePassports are biometric identification documents that contain RFID Tags and are primarily used for border security. The embedded RFID Tags are capable of storing data, performing low cost computations and cryptography, and communicating wirelessly. Since 2004, we have witnessed the development and widespread deployment of three generations of electronic passports - The ICAO First Generation ePassport (2004), Extended Access Control (EAC v1.0) ePassports (2006), and Extended Access Control with Password Authentication and Connection Establishment (EAC v2.1) ePassports (2008). Currently, over thirty million ePassports have been issued around the world. In this paper, we provide an introductory study of the technologies implemented in ePassports - Biometrics, RFID, and Public Key Infrastructures; and then go on to analyze the protocols implemented in each of the three generations of ePassports, finally we point out their shortcomings and scope for future related research.

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Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords
ePassportsRFID
Contact author(s)
rishabn @ uci edu
History
2009-09-21: last of 3 revisions
2009-05-20: received
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2009/200
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2009/200,
      author = {Rishab Nithyanand},
      title = {A Survey on the Evolution of Cryptographic Protocols in ePassports},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2009/200},
      year = {2009},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/200}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/200}
}
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