Evaluation of the security against tamper resistance attacks on person authentication system by using the IC-cards and fingerprint recognition technology

Abstract

 The combination of IC-cards and Biometrics is effective for personal authentication through the open network. Authentication using biomedical-information is widely studied. Medical institutes of various fields can share their information by using the IC-cards with Electronic Medical Records in them. In this paper, we point out the possible danger of relying too much on the tamper resistance alone in terms of security. Furthermore, we examine the necessity of the security system using cryptography technology and Biometrics via the open network and examine the condition of security against various attacks.