Title :
Fuzzy Vault Fingerprint Smartcard Implementation Using an Orientation-Based Feature Vector
Author :
Harmer, K. ; Sheng, W. ; Howells, G. ; Fairhurst, M. ; Deravi, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury
Abstract :
With the increasing employment of biometric authentication systems worldwide, there has been significant concern over the security of stored biometric templates. In this paper, a solution to this problem employing a fuzzy vault fingerprint smartcard implementation, unlocked via an orientation-based feature vector, is presented. The fuzzy vault contains an unknown key which can be used either for identification or for file encryption/decryption.
Keywords :
cryptography; fingerprint identification; fuzzy set theory; smart cards; biometric authentication systems; file encryption-decryption; fuzzy vault fingerprint smartcard; orientation-based feature vector; Authentication; Biometrics; Cryptography; Data mining; Equations; Feature extraction; Fingerprint recognition; Intelligent systems; Polynomials; Security; Fingerprint; Fuzzy; Orientation; Shamir; Smartcard; Vault;
Conference_Titel :
Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2008. BLISS '08. ECSIS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3265-3
DOI :
10.1109/BLISS.2008.20
