Secure On-Line Transaction through Augmented Biometrics System

Abstract

Internet and its facilities facilitate on-line shopping by allowing shoppers to browse the online stores and obtain their needs with minimum effort This is not possible with familiar traditional system of buying and selling This advantage offered by the internet is restricted by issue arising from on-line security and payment systems Although research has been conducted and several approaches have been devised to reduce this restriction but there is need for further improvement As a result this research work proposes a new solution that combines biometrics technology Finger Print together with password to provide secure on line transaction through multiple factors security solution It makes verifying process and verification for shopper s identity more secured by recognize individual based on measurable biological characteristics Fingerprint and provision of a link to identify the authorized user this minimizes frauds This addresses and reduced the security problems that are associated with existing on line transaction and e-payments The design was implemented using Visual Basic Net and SQL because of their supports for implementing web-based security systems Samples of 130 on line shoppers were used for this research work to capture fingerprints from index and thumb fingers of left and right hands also the attitudes of the customers in terms of password selection and management