DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CLAIM BASED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM OVER THE CLOUD
By
Osman Mirghani Osman Elsayed
Presented To
Department of Computer Science
ABSTRACT
In spite of their widespread use and ubiquity, passwords are unreliable as an
authentication methodology because they can be hacked or even guessed, yet when it comes to
biometrics it is very hard to impersonate someone. Therefore, biometric authentication schemes
are currently widely recognized as the strongest authentication technologies available on the
market.
Identity providers and claims-based identity are emerging technologies that aims to
decouple the authentication logic from the application’s business logic. This can be done by
assigning the authentication task to the identity provider and establishing a trust relationship
between the application and the identity provider so that the application relies on the identity
provider to authenticate the application users.
The project aims to develop an identity provider that uses fingerprint and facial
biometrics to authenticate users. The identity provider task is to determine the identity of the user
and pass the identity information to the relying applications which trust this identity provider.
For security purposes, the biometrics data of users is stored on a local server within the
sponsoring company’s intranet. This local server is located behind firewalls and it’s address can
only be resolved internally within the intranet due to use of NAT. Therefore, the server doesn’t
have a global IP address. Windows Azure cloud platform has a powerful component called
â€�“Windows Azure Service Busâ€Â� which was used to solve this tough connectivity problem.
The project also aims to develop a simple employees management application that can be
used as an example of a relying application that relies on the developed identity provider to
authenticate the users.
Project management principles and software development lifecycle techniques were
applied during the project implementation. This approach has significantly streamlined the
project implementation process and the project objectives have been met.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DICLARATION OF ORIGINALITY - - ii
ABSTRACT - - - .. iii
صلختسملا - - - . iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - v
DEDICATION - .. vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS - - - . vii
LIST OF FIGURES - - - .. ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - - - xi
1 INTRODUCTION - - 1
1.1 Introduction - - - 1
1.2 Project Background - - - 1
1.3 Problem Statement - - .. 1
1.4 Motivation - . 1
1.5 Objectives - . 2
1.6 Thesis Layout - - 2
2 LITERATURE REVIEW - - - 3
2.1 Introduction - - - 3
2.2 Authentication - - - . 3
2.3 Biometrics - . 4
2.3.1 Generic biometric authentication system - - - - _ 5
2.3.2 Fingerprint biometrics - - - - - 6
2.3.2.1 Fingerprint characteristics - - - 6
2.3.2.2 Issues in fingerprint recognition technology - - .. 7
2.3.3 Face biometrics - - - - - 8
2.3.3.1 Processing workflow - . 8
2.4 Software Architectural Concepts - - 9
2.4.1 Claims-Based Authentication and Identity Providers - - - _ 9
2.4.1.1 Components of the claim-based authentication - - 10
2.4.1.2 Claims-based authentication standards - - 12
2.4.1.3 Token format standard : Security Assertion Markup Language 2.0 (SAML 2.0) - - 12
2.4.2 Service oriented Architecture - - - - - 13
2.4.3 Model-View-Controller (MVC) - - - - 14
2.4.3.1 Components interaction - - - .. 15
2.5 Programming Languages, Platforms, Technologies and Tools - 16
2.5.1 Programming languages - - - - _ 16
2.5.2 Platforms - - - - - - 16
2.5.3 Technologies - - - - - _ 16
2.5.4 Tools - - - - - - 18
3 METHODOLOGY - - - 20
3.1 Introduction - - 20
3.2 Project Initiation - 20
3.3 Project Planning - . 22
3.3.1 Scope planning - - - - - _ 22
3.3.2 Time planning - - - - - 22
3.3.3 Risk management planning - - - - - 23
3.4 Project Execution - - .. 23
3.4.1 Software requirements - - - - - 24
3.4.2 Software design - - - - - _ 24
3.4.2.1 BioSTS - - - .. 25
3.4.2.2 Employees Administration Module - - 35
3.4.2.3 Employees Access Module - .
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