M.S. ALTARAWNEH, L.C.KHOR, W.L.WOO and S.S DLAY
ABSTRACT
A novel approach to generate encryption key from fingerprint sample is introduced. The idea is based on slicing window partitioning the area of extracted minutiae, using the Euclidean distance between detected core point and extracted minutiae points then vector generation used to derive a biometric key that can be used to encrypt a plaintext message and its header information. The decryption process starts with the acquisition of additional biometric samples, using same steps of Bio-Key derivation to get matched plaintext. Experimental analysis show encouraging prospects by elimination the need for biometric matching algorithms, reduces the cost associated with lost keys, and addresses non-repudiation issues. Research work in progress for using fuzzy vault fingerprint features to generate applicable key.
The 5th International Conference on CSNDSP, Patras, Greece, 19-21 July, 2006, pp. 366-370
