An evaluation of direct attacks using fake fingers generated from ISO templates

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 725-732

  Galbally, Javier ^a   Cappelli, Raffaele ^b   Lumini, Alessandra ^b   Gonzalez de Rivera, Guillermo ^a   Maltoni, Davide ^b   Fierrez, Julian ^a   Ortega Garcia, Javier ^a   Maio, Dario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometric systems; Direct attacks; Fingerprint reconstruction; Security; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; FAKE FINGERS; FINGERPRINT DATABASE; MINUTIAE TEMPLATES; NON-REVERSIBILITY; OPERATING POINTS; SECURITY VULNERABILITIES;

BIOMETRICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77950300511     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2009.09.032     Document Type: Article

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