Abstract
This paper describes two themes about biometric authentication techniques. Firstly, this paper describes a standardization of testing and evaluating for fingerprint verification. We had been commissioned to consider the standardization by the Information-technology promotion Agency (IPA) of Japan in 1999. The Standardization composites of two guidelines, (1) Guidelines for accuracy test, and (2) Guidelines for requirements decision. System-integrators and users can compare some vender's authentication products through these guidelines. Secondly, this paper presents a proposal of a personal authentication system via the open network by using a smart card including a fingerprint template with the digital signature such as X.509. We developed a prototype authentication system in where verification process is operated in the smart card. The proposed system can realize a high security and easy authentication on the public key infrastructure.
