Comments on: “No fakes this week.” http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/ We are the people your IT department warned you about Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:17:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: John Prikkel http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-137568 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:37:50 +0000 http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-137568 RFID's are good, but a better idea has been patented in Dayton Ohio by a company called Fusion Chriptological Technologies. This technique, which is currently being used daily in small numbers, uses an invisable code on say a bottle. this bottle is then transferred to the pharmacuetical company where the unique code is read. The unipack is filled and another invisable code is placed on the bottle. Only tracable labels can then be sold. The entire process is traceable via e-petigree. John RFID’s are good, but a better idea has been patented in Dayton Ohio by a company called Fusion Chriptological Technologies. This technique, which is currently being used daily in small numbers, uses an invisable code on say a bottle. this bottle is then transferred to the pharmacuetical company where the unique code is read. The unipack is filled and another invisable code is placed on the bottle. Only tracable labels can then be sold. The entire process is traceable via e-petigree.

John

]]> by: Chandler Howell http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-93247 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:54:09 +0000 http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-93247 Alexy, Agreed. RFID is not a panacea, but rather a tool which can be combined with other mechanisms to raise confidence in the legitimacy of a product when combined with generalized tracking of the supply chain, can let a participant in the supply chain who *wants to* ensure that the goods he or she is buying are are legitimate via an out-of-band authentication request. Most of the commercial applications of RFID that I've seen were less about security and more about overall efficiency of routing and tracking systems since the tracking can be implemented anywhere you have a chokepoint narrower than the range of your reader. Alexy,

Agreed. RFID is not a panacea, but rather a tool which can be combined with other mechanisms to raise confidence in the legitimacy of a product when combined with generalized tracking of the supply chain, can let a participant in the supply chain who *wants to* ensure that the goods he or she is buying are are legitimate via an out-of-band authentication request.

Most of the commercial applications of RFID that I’ve seen were less about security and more about overall efficiency of routing and tracking systems since the tracking can be implemented anywhere you have a chokepoint narrower than the range of your reader.

]]> by: Alexy http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-93238 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:27:42 +0000 http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-93238 As for RFID, it can be duplicated. It's very very easy! I can clone the original RFID tag so many times as I want and place them on another parts. As for RFID, it can be duplicated. It’s very very easy! I can clone the original RFID tag so many times as I want and place them on another parts.

]]> by: Saar Drimer http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-2136 Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:08:46 +0000 http://thurston.halfcat.org/blog/2005/11/22/no-fakes-this-week/#comment-2136 good post. over-running is a major pain for the tech industry too. When a top-of-the-line new router goes to a production facility in you-name-it, they may make thousands more than the ordered amount and sell them for cheap in the "malls". It's a direct loss to the designer in this case because the person who bought that router is more likely to buy the genuine router than you buying a genuine Prada. same goes for CD stamping. good post. over-running is a major pain for the tech industry too. When a top-of-the-line new router goes to a production facility in you-name-it, they may make thousands more than the ordered amount and sell them for cheap in the “malls”. It’s a direct loss to the designer in this case because the person who bought that router is more likely to buy the genuine router than you buying a genuine Prada.
same goes for CD stamping.

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