%0 Journal Article %A Seongsoo Park and Mun-Kyu Lee and Dong Kyue Kim and Kunsoo Park and Yousung Kang and Sokjoon Lee and Howon Kim and Kyoil Chung %D 2007 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 10, 2007 %T Design of an Authentication Protocol for Secure Electronic Seals %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1639 %V 10 %X Electronic seal is an electronic device to check the authenticity and integrity of freight containers at the point of arrival. While RFID-based eSeals are gaining more acceptances and there are also some standardization processes for these devices, a recent research revealed that the current RFID-based eSeals are vulnerable to various attacks. In this paper, we provide a feasible solution to enhance the security of active RFID-based eSeals. Our approach is to use an authentication and key agreement protocol between eSeal and reader device, enabling data encryption and integrity check. Our protocol is based on the use of block cipher AES, which is reasonable since a block cipher can also be used for many other security purposes including data encryption and pseudo-random number generation. Our protocol is very simple, and it is applicable to low-end active RFID eSeals. %P 1545 - 1549