An evaluation of indirect attacks and countermeasures in fingerprint verification systems

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1643-1651

  Martinez Diaz, Marcos ^a   Fierrez, Julian ^a   Galbally, Javier ^a   Ortega Garcia, Javier ^a  

^a Human Computer Technology Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Fingerprint verification; Hill climbing; Indirect attacks; Match on Card; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

FINGERPRINT VERIFICATION; HILL CLIMBING; INDIRECT ATTACKS; MATCH-ON-CARD; VULNERABILITIES;

BIOMETRICS; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; IMAGE MATCHING; SMART CARDS; VERIFICATION;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 79959265863     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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