Enhancing the privacy of electronic passports

Rima Belguechi (1) , Patrick Lacharme (1) , Christophe Rosenberger (1)

1 Equipe SAFE - Laboratoire GREYC - UMR6072

We address in this paper the problem of privacy in the current architecture in electronic passports for the storage and transmission of biometric data such as fingerprints. The current architecture provides a good protection of biometric personal data but brute force attack could be used in a near future using cloud computing. We propose a new solution combining cryptographic protocols and cancelable biometrics. The indivdual's biocode in protected by cryptographic keys exchanged by the PACE protocol. We put into obviousness the benefit of the proposed solution in terms of security and privacy.

Domaines: Cryptographie et sécurité [cs.CR]

Rima Belguechi, Patrick Lacharme, Christophe Rosenberger. Enhancing the privacy of electronic passports. International Journal of Information Technology and Management (IJITM) Special Issue on: "Advances and Trends in Biometrics". Dr Lidong Wang (IF 0.727), 2012, 11 (1/2), pp.122-137. ⟨hal-00984023⟩