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CDSA/CSSM Authenticaton: Human Recognition Service (HRS) API
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Glossary
API
Application Programming Interface
BIR
Biometric Identification Record
BSP
Biometric Service Provider
CDSA
Common Data Security Architecture
CSSM
Common Security Services Manager - the infrastructure parts of the CDSA
EMM
Elective Module Manager - an extensibility mechanism in CDSA supporting
the dynamic addition of new categories of service, beyond the basic set
of Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP), Trust Policy (TP), Authorization
Computation (AC), Certificate Library (CL), and Data Storage Library (DL).
FAR
False Accept Rate - the probability that biometric data samples are falsely decided by the HRS as matching - that is, they should not match, but do.
FRR
False Reject Rate - the probability that biometric data samples are falsely decided by the HRS as not matching - that is, they should match, but do not.
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HRS
Human Recognition Service
IBIA
International Biometric Industry Association
MDS
Module Directory Service, a platform-independent registry service used by CDSA
to name and locate software components and their security credentials.
Payload
Data wrapped inside biometric data for release to an application
on successful verification of authenticity of a user.
This can be any data that is useful to an application.
PIN
Personal Identification Number
SPI
Service Provider Interface
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