Secure E-Passport Protocol Using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Protocol

Author

Abid, Mohamed ; Afifi, Hossam

Author_Institution

TELECOM & Manage. SudParis (ex INT), Paris

fYear

2008

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Since 2006, many countries, all over the world, begin to issue e-passports containing biometric data for their citizens. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) specification for cryptography in e-passport is proven to be insecure and has many threats. The European Union (EU) has defined an extended access control (EAC) mechanism for e-passports. But, even this solution presents many threats especially in security and privacy. In this paper, we present a new method for securing the exchange between an e-passport and the inspection system IS. We propose an on-line authentication mechanism based on elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol. We create elliptic curve based on biometric data to validate the identity of the user. Our proposal uses a shorter key than others solutions.

Keywords

biometrics (access control); cryptographic protocols; message authentication; travel industry; biometric data; cryptography; elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol; inspection system; online authentication; secure e-passport protocol; user identification; Access control; Access protocols; Authentication; Bioinformatics; Cryptographic protocols; Data security; Elliptic curve cryptography; Elliptic curves; Inspection; Privacy; Diffie-Hellman protocol; E-passport; Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC; Fingerprint minutiae; Key Agreement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Assurance and Security, 2008. ISIAS '08. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Naples

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3324-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2008.22

Filename

4627069