A new semi-fragile watermarking algorithm for image authentication

1 Introduction1 With the rapid development of Internet, digital multimedia can be easily shared via computer networks and conveniently processed for queries in databases. At the same time, the powerful multimedia manipulation software has made it possible to edit and alter the media’s content seamlessly, which breeds the demand of a secure authentication system to verify authentication. Digital watermarking has been proposed as a possible solution for data and tamper detection. An authentica…

A new semi-fragile watermarking algorithm for image authentication

This paper presents a new semi-fragile watermarking algorithm for image authentication which extracts image features from the low frequency domain to generate two watermarks: one for classifying of the intentional content modification and the other for indicating the modified location. The algorithm provides an effective mechanism for image authentication. The watermark generation and watermark embedment are disposed in the image itself, and the received image authentication needs no information about the original image or watermark. The algorithm increases watermark security and prevents forged watermark. Experimental results show that the algorithm can identify intentional content modification and incidental tampering, and also indicate the location where a modification takes place.