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Looking for RFID hardware and software insight

colporteur
colporteur over 4 years ago

I am looking at pursuing some security research into  RFID cards. I would like to be able to read and replicate lower freq and mid freq cards. My focus is more on the mid freq cards but the lower freq cards can provide some insight. I have watched a few youtube videos to get some idea of what is involved. I have found a myriad of hardware options and mostly Proxmark for software.

 

I'm looking for insight into hardware and software recommendation that support a working solutions?

I'm looking for insight into operating system that supports a working solutions?

I'm looking for insight into a working solutions using Raspberry Pi and Arduino?

I'm looking for insight from a person that has a working solutions and not heard about or seen about it. Getting it to work from bare metal ,to me provides experience. I'm looking to tap that experience. My goal is to get a working solution. I am willing to invest the time to get to that point but, I am trying to avoid the numerous dead ends I would follow if I did it on my own, to get it working. You could try this or you could try that if it fails, is not what I am looking for.

 

My immediate need is the working setup for the research project, not really the journey through the valley of learning to get there. What I need to learn will be done in the working solutions, at least I hope.

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  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 4 years ago in reply to colporteur +3
    There's a difference between RFID and NFC technologies despite the overlap. RFID usually is for "identification" purposes, mostly "dumb" memory that "bleeps" out their ID into a field (for lack of a more…
  • BigG
    BigG over 4 years ago in reply to colporteur +3
    Haha, yes unfortunately no one has written a bluffers guide to RFID/NFC. Still, a man of your talent will pick it up quick enough, especially with all the excellent commentary made by others so far. You…
  • colporteur
    colporteur over 4 years ago in reply to Gough Lui +2
    I'm thinking start small. I have some vendor RFID cards, I first would like to examine and then try to replicate. I anticipate failure more often than success, since I have no idea what the standard is…
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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago

    I used these, from a road test: Blockchain - Debug the Infineon Demo App with Android Studio and Your Phone

     

    As hardware, I have mostly used my smartphone.

    I also used a smartcard compliant reader/writer: Blockchain - Talk Directly to the Infineon 2Go Smart Cards API

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    These are the artifacts I use:

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    An Ehuoyan reader that came with an RFID card. These are of the "not-smart" kind. The card has an ID and the reader can read RFIDs.

    Simple, easy, good. The reader acts as a USB keyboard.

     

    A µFR reader/writer came with 5 key fobs. The device is smart. The key fobs are - like the Ehuoyan card, tags with an ID.

    I use this device a lot, because it supports many standards, from simple ID reading to talking to MiFare and ISO14443 cards. (and Digital Logic has amazing support).

     

    The 3 Infineon cards in the left bottom corner are ISO14443 cards that run an application. You can open a session and interact with them. They come with a crypto currency example (with full source code !!)

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    These are the artifacts I use:

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    An Ehuoyan reader that came with an RFID card. These are of the "not-smart" kind. The card has an ID and the reader can read RFIDs.

    Simple, easy, good. The reader acts as a USB keyboard.

     

    A µFR reader/writer came with 5 key fobs. The device is smart. The key fobs are - like the Ehuoyan card, tags with an ID.

    I use this device a lot, because it supports many standards, from simple ID reading to talking to MiFare and ISO14443 cards. (and Digital Logic has amazing support).

     

    The 3 Infineon cards in the left bottom corner are ISO14443 cards that run an application. You can open a session and interact with them. They come with a crypto currency example (with full source code !!)

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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    The part picture contents you displayed was it an online purchase? Secondly, I am not an MS Window user. What environment have you got this working in?

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago in reply to colporteur

    The Ehuoyan is a USB keyboard. That works with almost anything.

    The Digital Logic µFR, I have used with Windows, Linux ARM (Pi) and Linux x64

     

    The Infineon cards were an element14 road test. All the rest is purchased online.

    Ehuoyan from Aliexpress, µFR from Digital Logic.

     

    I also use an Android phone with nfc - development enabled - with Android Studio as development/debug envionment:

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