Research Article
Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECURECOMM.2005.59, author={ A. Juels and D. Wagner and D. Molnar}, title={Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy for Emerging Areas in Communication Networks}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={SECURECOMM}, year={2006}, month={3}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/SECURECOMM.2005.59} }- A. Juels
D. Wagner
D. Molnar
Year: 2006
Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports
SECURECOMM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SECURECOMM.2005.59
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.