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Biometric Fingerprint Identification

ABSTRACT



Identification of individuals is a very basic societal requirement. Electronic verification of a personâ„¢s identity is of great importance as more interactions take place electronically. Biometric fingerprint identification is a technique used to change the physical attribute of a person ie; his finger print into electronic processes. Until recently electronic verification was based on something the person had in their possession like a password. But the problem is that these forms arenâ„¢t very secure because passwords can be forgotten or taken away. In biometric finger print identification a scanner is used to get the image of the finger. When a user places his or her finger on the terminals of scanner the image is electronically read, analysed and compared with a previously recorded image of the same finger, which has been stored in finger scan data base. Finger print is a proven technology capable of high levels of accuracy.


1. INTRODUCTION
Positive identification of individuals is a very basic societal requirement. Reliable user authentication is becoming an increasingly important task in the web –enabled world. The consequences of an insecure authentication system in a corporate or enterprise environment can be catastrophic, and may include loss of confidential information, denial of service, and compromised data integrity. The value of reliable user authentication is not limited to just computer or network access. Many other applications in every day life also require user authentication, such as banking, e-commerce, and could benefit from enhanced security.

In fact, as more interactions take electronically, it becomes even more important to have an electronic verification of a person’s identity. Until recently, electronic verification took one of two forms. It was based on something the person had in their possession, like a magnetic swipe card, or something they knew, like a password. The problem is, these forms of electronic identification are not very secure, because they can be given away, taken away, or lost and motivated people have found ways to forge or circumvent these credentials.

The ultimate form of electronic verification of a person’s is biometrics. Biometrics refers to the automatic identification of a person based on his/her physiological or behavioral characteristics such as finger scan, retina, iris, voice scan, signature scan etc. By using this technique physiological characteristics of a person can be changed into electronic processes that are inexpensive and easy to use. People have always used the brain’s innate ability to recognize a familiar face and it has long been known that a person’s fingerprints can be used for identification




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