Generation of replaceable cryptographic keys from dynamic handwritten signatures

In this paper, we present a method for generating cryptographic keys that can be replaced if the keys are compromised and without requiring a template signature to be stored. The replaceability of keys is accomplished using iterative inner product of Goh-Ngo [1] Biohash method, which has the effect...

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Main Authors: Yip, , WK, Goh, , A, Ngo, , DCL, Teoh, , ABJ
Format: Article
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2026/
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Summary:In this paper, we present a method for generating cryptographic keys that can be replaced if the keys are compromised and without requiring a template signature to be stored. The replaceability of keys is accomplished using iterative inner product of Goh-Ngo [1] Biohash method, which has the effect of re-projecting the biometric into another subspace defined by user token. We also utilized a modified Chang et al [2] Multi-state Discretization (MSD) method to translate the inner products into binary bit-strings. Our experiments indicate encouraging result especially for skilled and random forgery whereby the equal error rates are < 6.7% and similar to 0% respectively, indicating that the keys generated are sufficiently distinguishable from impostor keys.