• Smart Media Journal
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.39-50
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• 2020

Derivation cryptographic keys from human biometrics opens a new promising research area when it can be used efficiently for not only verification or recognition tasks, but also symmetric-key based applications. Among existing biometric traits, face is considered as the most popular biometrics since facial features are informative and discriminative. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of Face-based key generation (FKGS). First, we summarize the trend of FKGS researches and sum up the methods which play important roles in the proposed key generation systems. Then we present the evaluation and the general performance analysis; from that, we give a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of surveyed studies to clarify the fundamental requirements and the main challenges when implementing FKGS in practice. Finally, an outlook on future prospects is given.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.39-49
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• 2015

In cryptographic applications, the key protection is either knowledge-based (passwords) or possession-based (tamper-proof device). Unfortunately, both approaches are easily forgotten or stolen, thus introducing various key management issues. By incorporating biometrics technologies which utilize the uniqueness of personal characteristics, the security of cryptosystems could be strengthened as authentication now requires the presence of the user. Biometric Cryptosystem (BC) encompasses the design of cryptographic keys protection methods by incorporating biometrics. BC involves either key-biometrics binding or direct key generation from biometrics. However, the wide acceptance and deployment of BC solutions are constrained by the fuzziness related with biometric data. Hence, error correction codes (ECCs) should be adopted to ensure that fuzziness of biometric data can be alleviated. In this overview paper, we present such ECC solutions used in various BCs. We also delineate on the important facts to be considered when choosing appropriate ECCs for a particular biometric based solution from accuracy performance and security perspectives.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.9-14
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• 1999

The authentication technique, which uses public key cryptographic algorithms, proves itself by generating authentication value through secret keys and gives verification by means of public keys .This paper is believed to 1) solve the problem of distribution and management of secret keys, which still remain the problem of authentication used in symmetric cryptographic algorithm. 2) provide the method to receive a certificate of handling the problems of public key lists through the authentication authority. and finally 3) suggest an algorithm which will enable us to run the public keys more effectively.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.141-147
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• 2003

Security of the electronic commercial transaction especially through the mobile communication network is gaining its significance due to rapid development of information and communication related fields. For that, some kind of cryptographic algorithm is already in use for the smart card. However, the growing needs of handling multimedia and real time communication bring the smart card into more stringent use of its resources. Therefore, we proposed a hybrid cryptosystem of the smart card to facilitate multimedia communication and real time communication.

• The Journal of Information Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.35-45
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• 2002

This paper discusses a distributed implementation of the Biba security policy model. Implementation of an service in the OSI-RM is not sufficient for enforcing the Biba model. Also confidentiality services are necessary. Public Key Systems(PKSs) are considered for the realization of these security services. In this paper symmetric & asymmetric cryptographic systems are considered for the realization of these security service. It is investigated how key-distributions can be found resulting in a minimum number of key.

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.259-268
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• 2008

To the design of secret key, there are two types of basic approaches called the tame approach and the wild approach. In the tame approach we try to use only simple primitives such as linear feedback shift registers and to prove mathematical theorems about their cryptographic properties. In the wild approach we try to use crazy compositions of operations which mix a variety of domains in a nonlinear and nonalgebraic way. There are several papers which try to bridge this gap by considering semi-wild constructions. A T-function on n-bit words plays an important role in semi-wild constructions. In this paper we study the invertibility and the period of some T-functions. Especially we characterize some polynomials which has a single cycle property.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.1012-1022
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• 2015

Conventional cryptographic algorithms are not sufficient to protect secret keys and data in white-box environments, where an attacker has full visibility and control over an executing software code. For this reason, cryptographic algorithms have been redesigned to be resistant to white-box attacks. The first white-box AES (WB-AES) implementation was thought to provide reliable security in that all brute force attacks are infeasible even in white-box environments; however, this proved not to be the case. In particular, Billet and others presented a cryptanalysis of WB-AES with 230 time complexity, and Michiels and others generalized it for all substitution-linear transformation ciphers. Recently, a collision-based cryptanalysis was also reported. In this paper, we revisit Chow and others's first WB-AES implementation and present a conditional re-encoding method for cryptanalysis protection. The experimental results show that there is approximately a 57% increase in the memory requirement and a 20% increase in execution speed.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.512-522
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• 2015

Recent developments in identity-based cryptography (IBC) have provided new solutions to problems related to the security of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Although many proposals to solve problems related to the security of MANETs are suggested by the research community, there is no one solution that fits all. The interdependency cycle between secure routing and security services makes the use of IBC in MANETs very challenging. In this paper, two novel methods are proposed to eliminate the need for this cycle. One of these methods utilizes a key pool to secure routes for the distribution of cryptographic materials, while the other adopts a pairing-based key agreement method. Furthermore, our proposed methods utilize threshold cryptography for shared secret and private key generation to eliminate the "single point of failure" and distribute cryptographic services among network nodes. These characteristics guarantee high levels of availability and scalability for the proposed methods. To illustrate the effectiveness and capabilities of the proposed methods, they are simulated and compared against the performance of existing methods.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.16 no.4 s.70
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• pp.54-66
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• 2001

본 논문은 지금까지 제안 및 개발되어 온 암호화 파일시스템에 대하여 살펴본다. 암호화 파일시스템은 사용자 개개인 혹은 조직 등에서 기밀을 유지하여야 하는 중요한 데이터에 대한 안전한 저장을 목적으로 개발되었다. 암호화 파일시스템의 기능으로는 침입자 혹은 원하지 않는 타인의 접근에 대해 데이터의 기밀성 및 안정성을 보장하고, 암호화 기능의 투명화를 통해 사용의 편리성을 제공하며, 암호화 기능의 수행으로 인해 시스템의 성능이 저하되는 것을 방지하는 것 등이 있다. 현재까지 개발되어 온 대표적인 암호화 파일시스템으로는 Cryptographic File System(CFS), Transparent Cryptographic File System(TCFS), Cryptfs, 그리고 Steganographic File System(StegFS) 등이 있다. 차후에는 분석된 암호화 파일시스템을 통해 좀 더 효율적인 보안성과 이식성을 제공하고, 사용자에 대해 편리성을 제공하는 파일시스템 구조의 설계 및 개발이 필요하다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.241-242
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a fuzzy vault system using iris data. The fuzzy vault, proposed by Juels and Sudan, has been used to protect cryptographic key with biometric information. In order to combine the fuzzy vault scheme with iris data, we used iris features extracted by ICA method and clustering technique. From our experimental results, we proved that the propose fuzzy vault system is robust to sensed environmental change.