Internet Passport Authentication System Using Multiple Biometric Identification Technology
Vineet Kumar, B. Srinivasan · International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science · 2013
Electronic passports (e-Passports) have known a wide and fast deployment all around the world since the International Civ il Aviation Organization (ICAO) the world has adopted standards whereby passports can store biometric identifiers.The purpose of biometric passports is to prevent the illegal entry of traveler into a specific country and limit the use of counterfeit documents by more accurate identification of an individual.The paper consider only those passport scenarios whose passport protocols base on public-key cryptography, certificates, and a public key infrastructure without addressing the protocols itself detailed, but this is no strong constraint.Furthermo re assume the potential passport applier to use ordinary PCs with Windows or Linu x software and an arbitrary connection to the Internet.Technological securities issues are to be found in several d imension, but below paper focus on hardware, software, and infrastructure as some of the most critical iss ues.