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Symmetric hash functions for fingerprint minutiae

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

The possibility that a biometric database is compromised is one of the main concerns in implementing biometric identification systems. The compromise of a biometric renders it permanently useless. In this paper we present a method of hashing fingerprint minutia information and performing fingerprint identification in a new space. Only hashed data is transmitted and stored in the server database, and it is not possible to restore fingerprint minutia locations using hashed data. We also present a performance analysis of the proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-38
Number of pages9
JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume3687
Issue numberPART II
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventThird International Conference on Advances in Patten Recognition, ICAPR 2005 - Bath, United Kingdom
Duration: Aug 22 2005Aug 25 2005

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