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Biometric Authentication Of An Automated Teller Machine Using Finger Print And Password
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Finger Print technology is the initial biometric science that uses
unique features of the fingerprint to identify or verify the identity of
an individual. Finger Print technology is the most deployed technology
among other biometric characteristics and it application ranges from
physical access to logical access. Each and every human have unique
characteristics and patterns. A Finger Print pattern or sample consists
of lines and spaces and these lines are referred to as Ridges while the
spaces between these ridges are called valleys. These ridges and valleys
are matched for verification and authorization. These unique finger
print traits are referred to as “minutiae†and comparisons are made on
these traits. There has been a significant surge in the use of Biometric
based user authentication system in recent years because Bio-metric
authentication offers several advantages over other authentication
methods. The advantages that Biometrics presents are that the
information is unique for each individual and that:
It can identify the individual in spite of variations in the time.
It provides strong authentication
It can be easily implemented on existing system.
There are very less chances of two people having same fingerprint.
Fingerprint
is currently being used as variables of security during voting,
operation of bank account among others. It is also used for controlling
access to highly secured places like offices, equipment rooms, control
centers and so on.The proposed system will be self manipulative, simple,
fast and yet much more secure. It will provide a secure online
transaction to protect the user against ATM Card frauds.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The existing system is plagued with the following problems;
Traditional
authentication systems cannot discriminate between an impostor who
fraudulently obtains the access privileges and the real owner.
Passwords and PINs can be illicitly acquired by direct covert observation.
Easily guessed PIN's and passwords e.g. birthday, 1234 etc.
Malware
can be placed at the ATM terminal by fraudsters to capture magnetic
stripe data and PIN codes from the private memory space of transaction
processing application installed on the ATM.
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
The
aim of this project is to design an ATM simulator that will combine PIN
(Personal Authentication Number) verification system with finger print
biometric system for more reliable authentication. The system is
designed with the following objectives.
To explore the problem associated with the existing password Based system and pose the possible solutions
To develop a payment system simulator with secure authentication using combination of biometric technology and Password (PIN)
To implement the system with various customer biometric and PIN data and test its functionality and robustness.
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