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  Franz-Josef Herpers    Premium Member

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  RFID-Software

  Hi RFID experts,
  
  I'm intesrested in RFID technology from the point of view of a software architect who is always looking for new skills to add to his portfolio ;-). Is there any need for special application software building on top of RFID. Recently I'd come across this one: https://www.openbc.com/cgi-bin/forum.fpl?op=newarticle&i.... Has someone any experience with it.
  
  I 'm interested in your opinion, links and contacts to companies doing business with any kind ogf RFID-Software.
  
  Regards
  Franz-Josef Herpers
  
  • 27 Jan 2005, 10:31 am
  Franz-Josef Herpers wrote: > Hi RFID experts, > > I'm intesrested in RFID technology from the point of view of a > software architect who is always looking for new skills to add to his > portfolio ;-). Is there any need for special application software > building on top of RFID. Recently I'd come across this one: > https://www.openbc.com/cgi-bin/forum.fpl?op=newarticle&id=3104. Has > someone any experience with it. > > I 'm interested in your opinion, links and contacts to companies > doing business with any kind ogf RFID-Software. > > Regards > Franz-Josef Herpers
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  Guenter Nolte    Premium Member   Group moderator

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  Re: RFID-Software

  Hi,
  
  On 27.01.2005, 11:31, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote:
  https://www.openbc.com/cgi-bin/forum.fpl?op=newarticle&i....
  this link goes to an empty form allowing to edit a new article. You probably wanted do point somewhere else.
  
  Regards
  Guenter Nolte
  
  • 27 Jan 2005, 10:36 am
  Guenter Nolte wrote: > Hi, > > On 27.01.2005, 11:31, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote: > > https://www.openbc.com/cgi-bin/forum.fpl?op=newarticle&id=3104. > > this link goes to an empty form allowing to edit a new article. You > probably wanted do point somewhere else. > > Regards > Guenter Nolte
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  Franz-Josef Herpers    Premium Member

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  Re^2: RFID-Software

  
  this link goes to an empty form allowing to edit a new article. You probably wanted do point somewhere else.
  That's true. Sorry. Here the link:
  http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/
  
  • 27 Jan 2005, 10:45 am
  Franz-Josef Herpers wrote: > > this link goes to an empty form allowing to edit a new article. You > > probably wanted do point somewhere else. > > That's true. Sorry. Here the link: > http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/
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  Guenter Nolte    Premium Member   Group moderator

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  Re^3: RFID-Software

  Hi, all
  
  On 27.01.2005, 11:45, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote:
  That's true. Sorry. Here the link:
  http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/
  If you look at things a little apart from Sun's self-chosen role on this issue, I think there are at least in the beginning two kinds of RFID-technologies.
  
  One is a kind of passive tag that is once coded and will carry a unique number (similar to EAN SSCC). All identification depends on communication between different computer systems and networks. Only if the system that just read the ID is able to query the sytem that originally created the ID or related it to a real object, and additionally the system that allocated the object to its owner then a kind of tracking is feasible.
  
  A different thing is an RFID-tag that carries more information about the allocated object and the owner of it. A tag of this kind has to be altered and enhanced on its way thru the supply chain and to the end customer. On the other hand, these RFID-tags may be altered by unautorised persons, too. I think this is a case where much attention will have to be paid on the security and scrambled information that may only be altered by systems that are supplied by an appropornate key. This latter case is something that may give new challenges to software developers.
  
  Regards
  Guenter Nolte
  
  • 05 Feb 2005, 9:01 pm
  Guenter Nolte wrote: > Hi, all > > On 27.01.2005, 11:45, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote: > > That's true. Sorry. Here the link: > > http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/ > > If you look at things a little apart from Sun's self-chosen role on > this issue, I think there are at least in the beginning two kinds of > RFID-technologies. > > One is a kind of passive tag that is once coded and will carry a > unique number (similar to EAN SSCC). All identification depends on > communication between different computer systems and networks. Only > if the system that just read the ID is able to query the sytem that > originally created the ID or related it to a real object, and > additionally the system that allocated the object to its owner then a > kind of tracking is feasible. > > A different thing is an RFID-tag that carries more information about > the allocated object and the owner of it. A tag of this kind has to > be altered and enhanced on its way thru the supply chain and to the > end customer. On the other hand, these RFID-tags may be altered by > unautorised persons, too. I think this is a case where much attention > will have to be paid on the security and scrambled information that > may only be altered by systems that are supplied by an appropornate > key. This latter case is something that may give new challenges to > software developers. > > Regards > Guenter Nolte
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  Dirk Liebich

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  Re^4: RFID-Software

  
  Does anybody know if there is any .NET development going on in the RFID area. I'm not so much thinking about a concrete and specific business solution but rather about a game like application.
  
  I think a 'cool' RFID game could help to bring a bit more vision to this very technical subject. Something that visualizes the 'complete' picture - EPC-Network, RFID...
  
  Take this application as an example and envision the creatures to be RFID enabled items....
  
  http://www.terrariumgame.net/terrarium
  
  Obviously I am not talking about an ego-shooter;)
  
  Regards,
  Dirk Liebich
  
  
  On 05.02.2005, 22:01, Guenter Nolte, Dipl.-Math. wrote:
  Hi, all
   
  On 27.01.2005, 11:45, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote:
  That's true. Sorry. Here the link:
  http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/
   
  If you look at things a little apart from Sun's self-chosen role on this issue, I think there are at least in the beginning two kinds of RFID-technologies.
   
  One is a kind of passive tag that is once coded and will carry a unique number (similar to EAN SSCC). All identification depends on communication between different computer systems and networks. Only if the system that just read the ID is able to query the sytem that originally created the ID or related it to a real object, and additionally the system that allocated the object to its owner then a kind of tracking is feasible.
   
  A different thing is an RFID-tag that carries more information about the allocated object and the owner of it. A tag of this kind has to be altered and enhanced on its way thru the supply chain and to the end customer. On the other hand, these RFID-tags may be altered by unautorised persons, too. I think this is a case where much attention will have to be paid on the security and scrambled information that may only be altered by systems that are supplied by an appropornate key. This latter case is something that may give new challenges to software developers.
   
  Regards
  Guenter Nolte
  
  • 08 Feb 2005, 5:49 pm
  Dirk Liebich wrote: > Does anybody know if there is any .NET development going on in the > RFID area. I'm not so much thinking about a concrete and specific > business solution but rather about a game like application. > > I think a 'cool' RFID game could help to bring a bit more vision to > this very technical subject. Something that visualizes the 'complete' > picture - EPC-Network, RFID... > > Take this application as an example and envision the creatures to be > RFID enabled items.... > > http://www.terrariumgame.net/terrarium > > Obviously I am not talking about an ego-shooter;) > > Regards, > Dirk Liebich > > > On 05.02.2005, 22:01, Guenter Nolte, Dipl.-Math. wrote: > > Hi, all > > > > On 27.01.2005, 11:45, Franz-Josef Herpers wrote: > > > That's true. Sorry. Here the link: > > > http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/rfid/ > > > > If you look at things a little apart from Sun's self-chosen role on > > this issue, I think there are at least in the beginning two kinds of > > RFID-technologies. > > > > One is a kind of passive tag that is once coded and will carry a > > unique number (similar to EAN SSCC). All identification depends on > > communication between different computer systems and networks. Only > > if the system that just read the ID is able to query the sytem that > > originally created the ID or related it to a real object, and > > additionally the system that allocated the object to its owner then a > > kind of tracking is feasible. > > > > A different thing is an RFID-tag that carries more information about > > the allocated object and the owner of it. A tag of this kind has to > > be altered and enhanced on its way thru the supply chain and to the > > end customer. On the other hand, these RFID-tags may be altered by > > unautorised persons, too. I think this is a case where much attention > > will have to be paid on the security and scrambled information that > > may only be altered by systems that are supplied by an appropornate > > key. This latter case is something that may give new challenges to > > software developers. > > > > Regards > > Guenter Nolte
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  Mark Farragher

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  Re^5: RFID-Software

  Hi Dirk,
  
  Our RFID library is 100% .NET. We use managed code to generate the binary protocols and provide a nice object oriented interface to handle the different types of tags. At the driver level we use DLL calls to call into the vendor-supplied device drivers. Works fine.
  
  Mark
  
  • 10 Feb 2005, 08:41 am
  Mark Farragher wrote: > Hi Dirk, > > Our RFID library is 100% .NET. We use managed code to generate the > binary protocols and provide a nice object oriented interface to > handle the different types of tags. At the driver level we use DLL > calls to call into the vendor-supplied device drivers. Works fine. > > Mark
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  Catalin Barbulescu

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  Re^4: RFID-Software

  Hello,
  
  There are software solutions to overcome this Security problem regarding the tags that can be overwriten in the chain. We enable the communication between the Manufacturer and Distributor in order to ensure that only the expected tags will be allowed to come into the warehouse. All other unknown tags will be recorded as Alarms.
  
  Probaly this will help...
  Catalin B.
  
  • 23 Feb 2005, 10:04 am
  Catalin Barbulescu wrote: > Hello, > > There are software solutions to overcome this Security problem > regarding the tags that can be overwriten in the chain. We enable the > communication between the Manufacturer and Distributor in order to > ensure that only the expected tags will be allowed to come into the > warehouse. All other unknown tags will be recorded as Alarms. > > Probaly this will help... > Catalin B.