Package security utilizing tamper-resistant tape
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: receiving, at a tamper detection system, a machine-readable capture of tape located on a package, wherein the tape includes at least two blocks of machine-recognizable characters generated utilizing at least one cryptographic technique, wherein the at least one cryptographic technique is used to generate a non-repeating signature having a length greater than a length of the tape; comparing, using the tamper detection system, the at least one block of machine-recognizable characters captured during the machine-readable capture of the tape on the package the non-repeating signature; and performing, using the tamper detection system, an action based upon a result of the comparing. Other aspects are claimed and described.
1 . A method, the method comprising:
receiving, at a tamper detection system, a machine-readable capture of a tape located on a package, wherein the tape comprises at least two blocks of machine-recognizable characters, the blocks being generated utilizing at least one cryptographic technique, wherein the at least one cryptographic technique is used to generate a non-repeating signature having a length greater than a physical length of the tape;
comparing, using the tamper detection system, at least one of the blocks of machine-recognizable characters captured during the machine-readable capture of the tape on the package to the non-repeating signature to determine whether the at least one block corresponds to a valid portion of the non-repeating signature; and
performing, using the tamper detection system, an action based upon a result of the comparing.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises tape securing the package closures.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the result comprises a match between the machine-readable capture and a previously captured machine-readable capture.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the result comprises a mismatch between the machine-readable capture and the previously captured machine-readable capture and wherein the performing the action comprises notifying a user of the mismatch.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the previously captured machine-readable capture is associated with metadata captured at a time of the previously captured machine-readable capture and wherein the comparing comprises verifying information contained within the metadata matches predetermined information.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the previously captured machine-readable capture and the metadata are accessible via a label attached to the package.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises tape authenticating the package.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises a plurality of sections of tape, the plurality of sections of tape comprising a plurality of signature blocks, and wherein the comparing comprises comparing the plurality of sections of tape.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the machine-readable capture comprises identifying a location of the tape on the package and wherein the comparing the machine-readable capture comprises verifying the location of the tape on the package matches a location of the tape on the package during the previously captured machine-readable capture.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a sequence of the blocks on the tape has a secondary asymmetric cryptography applied.
11 . A system, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to:
receive, at a tamper detection system, a machine-readable capture of a tape located on a package, wherein the tape comprises at least two blocks of machine-recognizable characters, the blocks being generated utilizing at least one cryptographic technique, wherein the at least one cryptographic technique is used to generate a non-repeating signature having a length greater than a physical length of the tape;
compare, using the tamper detection system, at least one of the blocks of machine-recognizable characters captured during the machine-readable capture of the tape on the package to the non-repeating signature to determine whether the at least one block corresponds to a valid portion of the non-repeating signature; and
perform, using the tamper detection system, an action based upon a result of the comparing.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises tape securing the package closures and wherein the result comprises a match between the machine-readable capture and a previously captured machine-readable capture.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises tape securing the package closures and wherein the result comprises a mismatch between the machine-readable capture and the previously captured machine-readable capture and wherein the performing the action comprises notifying a user of the mismatch.
14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the previously captured machine-readable capture is associated with metadata captured at a time of the previously captured machine-readable capture and wherein the comparing comprises verifying information contained within the metadata matches predetermined information.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the previously captured machine-readable capture and the metadata are accessible via a label attached to the package.
16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises tape authenticating the package.
17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the tape located on the package comprises a plurality of sections of tape, the plurality of sections of tape comprising a plurality of signature blocks, and wherein the comparing comprises comparing the plurality of sections of tape.
18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the receiving the machine-readable capture comprises identifying a location of the tape on the package and wherein the comparing the machine-readable capture comprises verifying the location of the tape on the package matches a location of the tape on the package during the previously captured machine-readable capture.
19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein a sequence of the blocks on the tape has a secondary asymmetric cryptography applied.
20 . A product, the product comprising:
a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the product to:
receive, at a tamper detection system, a machine-readable capture of a tape located on a package, wherein the tape comprises at least two blocks of machine-recognizable characters, the blocks being generated utilizing at least one cryptographic technique, wherein the at least one cryptographic technique is used to generate a non-repeating signature having a length greater than a physical length of the tape;
compare, using the tamper detection system, at least of the one blocks of machine-recognizable characters captured during the machine-readable capture of the tape on the package to the non-repeating signature to determine whether the at least one block corresponds to a valid portion of the non-repeating signature; and
perform, using the tamper detection system, an action based upon a result of the comparing.