Secure method and system for biometric verification
CA 2351868 A1 · Owner: Johnson, Harold · Inventors: Main, Alec; Johnson, Harold
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Mass data (the contents of arrays, large data structures linked data , structures and, similar data structures stored in memory) are common targets for attack. The invention presents a method and system of protecting mass data by mapping virtual, addresses onto randomly or pseudo-randomly selected actual addresses. This mapping distributes data values throughout the memory so an attacker cannot locate, the data he is seeking, or identify patterns which might allow him to obtain information about his target (such as how the software operates encryption , keys, biometric data or passwords stored therein or algorithms it uses). Additional , layers of protection are described, as well as …
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- Filed June 28, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 28, 2021.
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