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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:55:57 +0100
From:      Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To:        Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Biometric security?
Message-ID:  <20010124015555.A11713@ripe.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101231611020.45837-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>; from hacker@bolingbroke.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:14:54PM -0800
References:  <5FE9B713CCCDD311A03400508B8B3013054E3E24@bdr-xcln.is.matchlogic.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101231611020.45837-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>

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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:14:54PM -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote:
> Has anyone gotten any biometric security devices to work with
> FreeBSD?  I'm particularly interested in something like a fingerprint
> scanner that I could use to authenticate logins or disable my password
> protected screensaver rather than typing in my password all the time...

Hi,

Compaq has some cheap devices for workstations at around $100.
The API you can find at www.bioapi.org.

Mark

ps. if you get me a device, I might be interested in writing a driver ;)

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