Symmetric Hash Functions for Fingerprint Minutiae

The possibility that a biometric database is compromised is one of the main concerns in implementing biometric identification systems. The compromise of a biometric renders it permanently useless. In this paper we present a method of hashing fingerprint minutia information and performing fingerprint identification in a new space. Only hashed data is transmitted and stored in the server database, and it is not possible to restore fingerprint minutia locations using hashed data. We also present a performance analysis of the proposed algorithm.

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