A secure biometric authentication scheme based on robust hashing

  • Authors:
  • Yagiz Sutcu;Husrev Taha Sencar;Nasir Memon

  • Affiliations:
  • Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY;Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY;Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY

  • Venue:
  • MM&Sec '05 Proceedings of the 7th workshop on Multimedia and security
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a secure biometric based authentication scheme which fundamentally relies on the use of a robust hash function. The robust hash function is a one-way transformation tailored specifically for each user based on their biometrics. The function is designed as a sum of properly weighted and shifted Gaussian functions to ensure the security and privacy of biometric data. We discuss various design issues such as scalability, collision-freeness and security. We also provide test results obtained by applying the proposed scheme to ORL face database by designating the biometrics as singular values of face images.