Reliable Location-Based Services from Radio Navigation Systems
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Aeronautics & Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Durand Building, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Gates 475, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Sensors 2010, 10(12), 11369-11389; https://doi.org/10.3390/s101211369
Received: 25 October 2010 / Revised: 16 November 2010 / Accepted: 9 December 2010 / Published: 13 December 2010
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Loran is a radio-based navigation system originally designed for naval applications. We show that Loran-C’s high-power and high repeatable accuracy are fantastic for security applications. First, we show how to derive a precise location tag—with a sensitivity of about 20 meters—that is difficult to project to an exact location. A device can use our location tag to block or allow certain actions, without knowing its precise location. To ensure that our tag is reproducible we make use of fuzzy extractors, a mechanism originally designed for biometric authentication. We build a fuzzy extractor specifically designed for radio-type errors and give experimental evidence to show its effectiveness. Second, we show that our location tag is difficult to predict from a distance. For example, an observer cannot predict the location tag inside a guarded data center from a few hundreds of meters away. As an application, consider a location-aware disk drive that will only work inside the data center. An attacker who steals the device and is capable of spoofing Loran-C signals, still cannot make the device work since he does not know what location tag to spoof. We provide experimental data supporting our unpredictability claim.
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Keywords:
Loran-C; location-based security; location tag
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Qiu, D.; Boneh, D.; Lo, S.; Enge, P. Reliable Location-Based Services from Radio Navigation Systems. Sensors 2010, 10, 11369-11389. https://doi.org/10.3390/s101211369
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Qiu D, Boneh D, Lo S, Enge P. Reliable Location-Based Services from Radio Navigation Systems. Sensors. 2010; 10(12):11369-11389. https://doi.org/10.3390/s101211369
Chicago/Turabian StyleQiu, Di; Boneh, Dan; Lo, Sherman; Enge, Per. 2010. "Reliable Location-Based Services from Radio Navigation Systems" Sensors 10, no. 12: 11369-11389. https://doi.org/10.3390/s101211369
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