Security issues in epassports : ICAO standard and national implementations as part of the US visa-waiver program

2006

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2006 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad After the 9/11 terror attacks against the US there have been concerns about how to positively identify every individual entering a country. As a direct result ePassports are now being issued in several countries all over the world. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has developed the internationally applied standard for ePassports. The ICAO standard provides a guideline for what features that could or should be implemented in these passports. During the process of updating the standard several experts within security and privacy have argued that the standard is to weak. The ePasspor…