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Evaluating Biometric Encryption Key Generation using Handwritten Signatures

Hoque, Sanaul, Fairhurst, Michael, Howells, Gareth (2008) Evaluating Biometric Encryption Key Generation using Handwritten Signatures. In: 2008 ECSIS Symposium on Bio-Inspired, Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security (BLISS 2008), AUG 04-06, 2008, Edinburgh, UK. (doi:10.1109/bliss.2008.8) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:15478)

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https://doi.org/10.1109/bliss.2008.8

Abstract

In traditional cryptosystems, user authentication is based on the possession of secret keys/tokens. Such keys can be forgotten, lost, stolen, or may be illegally shared, but an ability to relate a ctyptographic key to biometric data can enhance the trustworthiness of a system. In this paper, we demonstrate how biometric keys can be generated directly from live biometrics, under certain conditions, by partitioning feature space into subspaces and partitioning these into cells, where each cell subspace contributes to the overall key generated. We evaluate the proposed scheme on real biometric data, representing both genuine samples and attempted imitations. Experimental results then demonstrate the extent to which the proposed technique can be implemented reliably in possible practical scenarios

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Paper)
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/bliss.2008.8
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK7800 Electronics > TK7880 Applications of electronics > TK7882.B56 Biometric identification
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: J. Harries
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2009 15:21 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2023 11:30 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15478 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Hoque, Sanaul.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8627-3429
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Fairhurst, Michael.

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Howells, Gareth.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5590-0880
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