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In recent years there has been exponential growth in the use of biometrics for user authentication applications because biometricsbased authentication offers several advantages over knowledge and possession-based methods such as password/PIN-based systems. However, it is important that biometrics-based authentication systems be designed to withstand different sources of attacks on the system when employed in security-critical applications. This is even more important for unattended remote applications such as e-commerce. In this paper we outline the potential security holes in a biometrics-based authentication scheme, quantify the numerical strength of one method of fingerprint matching, then discuss how to combat some of the remaining weaknesses.
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Ratha, N.K., Connell, J.H., Bolle, R.M. (2001). An Analysis of Minutiae Matching Strength. In: Bigun, J., Smeraldi, F. (eds) Audio- and Video-Based Biometric Person Authentication. AVBPA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2091. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45344-X_32
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