SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration

Thomas Ulz; Thomas Pieber; Christian Steger; Christian Lesjak; Holger Bock; Rainer Matischek

SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration

Thomas Ulz, Thomas Pieber, Christian Steger, Christian Lesjak, Holger Bock, Rainer Matischek

Institute of Technical Informatics (4480)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

In smart factories and smart homes, devices such as smart sensors are connected to the Internet. Independent of the context in which such a smart sensor is deployed, the possibility to change its configuration parameters in a secure way is essential. Existing solutions do provide only minimal security or do not allow to transfer arbitrary configuration data. In this paper, we present an NFC- and QR-code based configuration interface for smart sensors which improves the security and practicability of the configuration altering process while introducing as little overhead as possible. We present a protocol for configuration as well as a hardware extension including a dedicated security controller (SC) for smart sensors. For customers, no additional hardware other than a commercially available smartphone will be necessary which makes the proposed approach highly applicable for smart factory and smart home contexts alike.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	IEEE International Conference on RFID - Phoenix, United States Duration: 9 May 2017 → 11 May 2017 Conference number: 2017 http://2017.ieee-rfid.org/

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on RFID
Abbreviated title	RFID
Country	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	9/05/17 → 11/05/17
Internet address	http://2017.ieee-rfid.org/

Keywords

Near Field Communication
Internet of Things
smart sensor
configuration
security controller

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Pieber, T. W., Steger, C., Weiß, R., Ulz, T., Schachner, M., Kreiner, C. J., Plank, H., Troyer, M., Gressl, L. A., Seifert, C., Warmer, F., Rech, A., Erb, M., Scherr, F., Kammerer, M., Stelzer, P., Frewein, A., Strasser, A., Lindner, J., Ess, A., Feldbacher, M. & Weissteiner, H.
1/01/95 → …
Project: Research area
IoSense - Flexible FE/BE Sensor Pilot Line for the Internet of Everything
Steger, C., Ulz, T. & Pieber, T. W.
1/05/16 → 30/04/19
Project: Research project

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SecureConfig: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration
Thomas Ulz (Speaker)
10 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at conference or symposium › Science to public

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SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration. / Ulz, Thomas; Pieber, Thomas; Steger, Christian; Lesjak, Christian; Bock, Holger; Matischek, Rainer.

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). 2017.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Ulz, T, Pieber, T, Steger, C, Lesjak, C, Bock, H & Matischek, R 2017, SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration. in Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). IEEE International Conference on RFID, Phoenix, United States, 9/05/17. <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7945585/>

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SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-Code based Hybrid Approach for Smart Sensor Configuration

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