HIP-TAG, a new paradigm for the Internet of Things

This paper presents a new approach for secure networking in the Internet of Things. To ensure privacy, we designed an adaptation of the recently IRTF standardized HIP protocol, for RFID communication. Tag identity is protected by a negotiated equation. Two approaches are discussed: brute force based on digest procedures, and hash tree. HIP-Tag concept has been recently adopted by the IRTF as a working group item.