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This work deals with the security challenges in authentication protocols employing volatile biometric features, where the authentication is indeed a comparison between a fresh biometric template and that enrolled during the enrollment phase. We propose a security model for biometric-based authentication protocols by assuming that the biometric features to be public. Extra attention is paid to the privacy issues related to the sensitive relationship between a biometric feature and the relevant identity. Relying on the Goldwasser-Micali encryption scheme, we introduce a protocol for biometric-based authentication and prove its security in our security model.
Work partially supported by french ANR RNRT project BACH.
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Bringer, J., Chabanne, H., Izabachène, M., Pointcheval, D., Tang, Q., Zimmer, S. (2007). An Application of the Goldwasser-Micali Cryptosystem to Biometric Authentication. In: Pieprzyk, J., Ghodosi, H., Dawson, E. (eds) Information Security and Privacy. ACISP 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4586. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73458-1_8
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