Block–wise authentication method for digital images

Tomaž Nahtigal; Andrej Žemva

doi:10.2478/v10187-012-0042-6

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Block–wise authentication method for digital images

Journal of Electrical Engineering

Volume 63 (2012): Issue 5 (September 2012)

By: Tomaž Nahtigal and Andrej Žemva

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

The ability to modify digital images can cause a serious problem in some applications. In this paper we propose a novel method derived from Wong’s authentication scheme that is capable of authenticating JPEG images as well as uncompressed images, but is not a watermarking method. The method offers great flexibility in terms of the size of the authenticator and the time needed to generate the authenticator, thus making it suitable for real-time image processing. We demonstrate this by implementing it in a programmable FPGA circuit.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10187-012-0042-6 | Journal eISSN: 1339-309X | Journal ISSN: 1335-3632

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Language: English

Page range: 289 - 295

Published on: Nov 20, 2012

Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Keywords:

authentication method,

Holliman-Memon attack,

global logo,

tamper detection,

block-wise authentication

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© 2012 Tomaž Nahtigal, Andrej Žemva, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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Volume 63 (2012): Issue 5 (September 2012)