Abstract
While developing the specifications for electronically enabled Machine Readable Travel Documents, the ICAO paid significant attention to security aspects related to the digital information stored in this type of electronic document. This has resulted in Passive and Active Authentication, Basic Access Control and Extended Access Control. The goal of Basic Access Control (BAC) is preventing unauthorized access to the chip data stored on eMRTDs. The PACE protocol has been developed as a future-proof method to overcome the limitations of BAC and to replace BAC in the future. In this paper the BioPACE protocol is proposed as a supplement to the PACE protocol. Besides verifying if the document holder is indeed the rightful owner, the BioPACE protocol provides a higher convenience for the bearer of the document.
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Dr. Bernhard Deufel Senior Business Advisor for Passport Systems, Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Germany
Carsten Müller Senior Business Advisor for Government ID Solutions, Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Germany
Gavan Duffy Chief Technology Officer, GenKey B.V. Netherlands
Dr. Tom Kevenaar Director Technology, GenKey B.V. Netherlands
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Deufel, B., Mueller, C., Duffy, G. et al. BioPACE. Datenschutz Datensich 37, 363–366 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11623-013-0141-y
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