From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 23 16:56:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from birch.ripe.net (birch.ripe.net [193.0.1.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D34637B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from x54.ripe.net (x54.ripe.net [193.0.1.54]) by birch.ripe.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA20695; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:55:57 +0100 (CET) Received: (from marks@localhost) by x54.ripe.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id BAA17746; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:55:57 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:55:57 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos To: Ken Bolingbroke Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Biometric security? Message-ID: <20010124015555.A11713@ripe.net> References: <5FE9B713CCCDD311A03400508B8B3013054E3E24@bdr-xcln.is.matchlogic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from hacker@bolingbroke.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:14:54PM -0800 X-Handles: MS6-6BONE, MS32260-NIC, MS18417-RIPE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ;) -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre PGP KeyID: 1024/0x3DCBEB8D PGP Fingerprint: BB1E D037 F29D 4B40 0B26 F152 795F FCAB 3DCB EB8D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message