| dc.creator | Toutara F., Spathoulas G. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T10:09:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T10:09:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1109/Blockchain50366.2020.00068 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9780738104959 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/79748 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Biometric authentication is the preferred authentication scheme in modern computing systems. While it offers enhanced usability, it also requires cautious handling of sensitive users' biometric templates. In this paper, a distributed scheme that eliminates the requirement for a central node that holds users' biometric templates is presented. This is replaced by an Ethereum/IPFS combination to which the templates of the users are stored in a homomorphically encrypted form. The scheme enables the biometric authentication of the users by any third party service, while the actual biometric templates of the user never leave his device in non encrypted form. Secure authentication of users in enabled, while sensitive biometric data are not exposed to anyone. Experiments show that the scheme can be applied as an authentication mechanism with minimal time overhead. © 2020 IEEE. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.source | Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain, Blockchain 2020 | en |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099184537&doi=10.1109%2fBlockchain50366.2020.00068&partnerID=40&md5=a8727a9efe23e0fd939545a1e2006f25 | |
| dc.subject | Biometrics | en |
| dc.subject | Blockchain | en |
| dc.subject | Cryptography | en |
| dc.subject | Authentication mechanisms | en |
| dc.subject | Authentication scheme | en |
| dc.subject | Biometric authentication | en |
| dc.subject | Biometric template | en |
| dc.subject | Computing system | en |
| dc.subject | Distributed schemes | en |
| dc.subject | Secure authentications | en |
| dc.subject | Third party services | en |
| dc.subject | Authentication | en |
| dc.subject | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | en |
| dc.title | A distributed biometric authentication scheme based on blockchain | en |
| dc.type | conferenceItem | en |