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Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports

Authors:
Ari Juels
David Molnar
David Wagner
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/095
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Abstract: Within the next year, travelers from dozens of nations may be carrying a new form of passport in response to a mandate by the United States government. The e-passport, as it is sometimes called, represents a bold initiative in the deployment of two new technologies: Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and biometrics. Important in their own right, e-passports are also the harbinger of a wave of next-generation ID cards: several national governments plan to deploy identity cards integrating RFID and biometrics for domestic use. We explore the privacy and security implications of this impending worldwide experiment in next-generation authentication technology. We describe privacy and security issues that apply to e-passports, then analyze these issues in the context of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard for e-passports.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2005-12432,
  title={Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={applications / passport RFID ICAO biometrics},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/095},
  note={Abbreviated version in IEEE SecureComm 2005 dmolnar@eecs.berkeley.edu 13044 received 28 Mar 2005, last revised 18 Sep 2005},
  author={Ari Juels and David Molnar and David Wagner},
  year=2005
}