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SmartCards and Biometrics: Your Key to PKI

Overview Integrating smartcards,biometrics, and public key cryptography provides a solid foundation for developing secure applications and communications. The highest level of security uses three-factor authentication: something you know(password or PIN) something you have(smartcard, magneticstripe card, a physical key) something you are(your fingerprint, retinal/iris scan, voice pattern). An individual gains three authentication by combining a smartcard, biometric, and PIN. If the user loses the smartcard, the card is inoperable without the biometric.

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Publisher	Linux Journal	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	March 1999	Downloads	27
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, PKI, Point of Sale Devices, Transaction Management, Digital Signatures, Biometrics, E-commerce Security, Smart Cards

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