Security for RFID-based Applications in Smart Home Environment

These days, the concept of Smart Home or Ubiquitous Home Network System is becoming more popular. It is anticipated that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Mobile RFID technologies would play a major role in such an environment. At the outset this paper describes some of the RFID-based applications that are applicable to smart home environment. We then identify the security threats and security requirements associated with deploying RFID-based applications in this environment A Home Server operating inside this environment is considered to be the brain of the Smart Home system. Therefore, in this paper we also propose a security architecture where RFID tagged devices and items, portable handheld RFID readers, and RFID-based applications would securely interact among themselves and with the Home Server.