Somehow, I missed the fact that EPC Global Gen2 v2.0 standard was passed end of last year (it appears, I missed a lot of things end of last year). Anyway, for those interested:
- Here’s the v2.0 spec.
- Here’s the v2.0 fact sheet (what’s new compared to v1.2 on a very high level).
- Here’s the v1.2 spec (for in-depth comparison).
- In 2014 the v2 spec should ratified as ISO/IEC 18000-63 standard.
The main enhancements are
- Cryptographic authentication of tags and readers, to verify identity and provenance, reduce the risk of counterfeiting and unauthorized access.
- Enhanced User Memory for supplementary encodings (such as maintenance logging) during a product’s life cycle.
- Untraceable function to hide portions of data, restrict access privileges and reduce a tag’s read range.
- “Non-removable” flag for embedded tagging of electronics and sewn-in tagging of apparel, to indicate that a tag cannot easily be removed without compromising the tagged product’s intended functionality
More information can be found on the GS1 Gen 2 page (EPC Global is a subsidiary of GS1). For those that are far away from the topic, the barcodes in supermarket, for example, are also standardised by GS1.
Enjoy!
Hi, are there any vulnerabilities found in this EPC Global Gen2 v2.0 standard of RFID passive tags. I am writing a research paper about this. so far I didn’t get any search results. any information regarding this is helpful. Thank you.
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Hi, no I haven’t seen any either. But I’m pretty sure there will be quite a few. You could start with all sorts of impersonation, I guess..
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