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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Biometric Encryption: Combining Fingerprints and Cryptography
Authors : Mini Singh Ahuja, Sumit Chabbra
Published in: High Performance Architecture and Grid Computing
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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These days, Biometric technologies are used to analyze human characteristics for security purposes. The most common physical biometric patterns analyzed for security purposes are the fingerprint, hand, eye, face and voice. The advantages of using biometrics to verify a person’s identity over using passwords or token have been broadly presented in many research papers. However recent research has revealed that biometric technologies can be defeated with low –tech and cheap materials. This provides a new challenge when people are encouraged to use biometrics as a means to enhance network security. In this paper many approaches have been discussed to counteract security threats. We have also proposed a new method called Biometric Encryption which uses fingerprint and cryptography for enhanced security