Neoteric chaff generation method of fingerprint fuzzy vault

Authors: NANCY SINGLA, SANJEEV SOFAT, MANVJEET KAUR

Abstract: Authentication using biometrics has an edge over traditional authentication mechanisms. Fuzzy vault is an eminent biometric cryptosystem technique that aims to protect a secret using a biometric template. Authorized users can, however, access the secret by providing the valid biometric. In a fuzzy vault, noise is incorporated in the form of chaff points in order to increase the security. While implementing fuzzy vault schemes in real scenarios, the most critical but computing-intensive and time-consuming task is chaff generation. In this paper, a neoteric method for chaff generation is proposed, which is less time-consuming in generating large numbers of chaff points.

Keywords: Biometrics, biometric template, fingerprint security, fuzzy vault, chaff generation

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