D3.2: A study on PKI and biometrics

Table Of Content

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• The Importance of the Authentication Process
• PKI as a Logical Basis for a Secure Authentication Infrastructure
• The Weak Link in the Authentication & Verification Chain
• Document Scope and Content
• Public-Key Infrastructures and Digital Signatures
• Introduction
• Basic Definitions of Terms
• Digital Signature Schemes: Technical Aspects
• Security of Digital Signature Schemes
• Signature Schemes with Additional Properties
• Security and Privacy Aspects
• Security Aspects
• Privacy Aspects
• Legal aspects of
• Electronic Signatures According to EU Directives
• Legal Provisions on the use of Pseudonyms for Electronic Signatures
• Economic Theory
• Rate of Adoption of Qualified Electronic Signatures
• Qualified Electronic Signatures in the Innovation-Decision Process
• Analysis of Current Efforts to Diffuse Qualified Electronic Signatures
• Case Study: Mobile Signatures
• Server Based Electronic Signatures
• Client Based Electronic Signatures
• Certification on Demand
• Special Aspects of Mobile Signatures
• Summary and Conclusions
• Biometrics
• Introduction
• Biometric Methodologies
• Physiological (or Passive) Methods
• Iris recognition
• Behavioural (or Active) Methods
• Soft Biometrics
• Security and Privacy Aspects
• Security Aspects
• Will biometrics help?
• Biometrics and cryptography
• Privacy Aspects
• Privacy criteria
• Current Privacy Research Applied to Biometrics
• Biometric Credentials
• Case Study: Secure Storage Biometric Smart Cards
• Broader Social, Political and Economic Implications
• Biometrics as a Solution to What?
• A Social, Political and Economic Outlook
• Summary and Conclusions
• Enhancing PKIs using Biometrics
• The BEE Recommendations (IST-20078 BEE) and BioVision
• Summary
• Conclusion
• References
• Acronyms and Glossary
• Appendix 1: Analytical Steps for Genetic Fingerprinting
• Appendix 2: The Eigenface Approach
• Appendix 3: Details of the Hidden Markov Model