Showing posts with label Biometrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biometrics. Show all posts

Friday, July 17, 2015

Software-Operating systems

The core functionality of every pervasive computing device is determined by its operating system.

• The major differences of operating systems for pervasive devices from the user's point  of view are the human-machine interface, and the speed with which a task can be performed.

• For pervasive devices, there will likely be no equivalent to the Windows/Intel  monopoly in the near future because pervasive devices do have a wide range of usages  (from mobile phones to set-top boxes) with very con-strained hardware.

Security

 Issues in biometrics

Types of circumvention

o Biometrics is secure but not secret

o Permanently associated with user

o Used across multiple applications

o Can be covertly captured

o Denial of service attacks(1)

o Fake biometrics attack(2)

o Replay and Spoof attacks(3,5)

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Biometrics

Biometrics is the science of verifying and establishing the identity of an individual through physiological features or behavioral traits.

Physical Biometrics

 Fingerprint

 Hand Geometry

 Iris patterns

o Behavioral Biometrics

 Handwriting

 Signature

 Speech

 Gait

o Chemical/Biological Biometrics

 Perspiration

 Skin composition(spectroscopy)