A note on the security of the hHB protocol

2015/07/27 by Carl Löndahl, Löndahl, Carl
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advanced Authentication Protocols Security #Cryptography and Data Security #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #RFID technology advancements #cs.CR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.07363

arxiv created 2015/07/27 · openalex publication_date 2015/07/27 · arxiv updated 2015/07/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We propose a polynomial-time attack on the hHB protocol, showing that the protocol does not attain the claimed security. Our attack is based on the GRS attack.

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