Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:05:25 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>, 'Ryan Thompson' <ryan@sasknow.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password security Message-ID: <3D127BD5.8000406@eboa.com> References: <000c01c2174c$5a38f230$77fe180c@armageddon> <xzpr8j3ipbp.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3D109329.8050007@tenebras.com> <xzp4rfziacc.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> writes: > >>Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: >> >>>1) Biometrics can't be used reliably for remote access. >> > Most fingerprint scanners don't even encrypt the data they send to the > computer they're connected to. Yeah. Unlike keyboards that habitually encrypt all data entered or keys stroked before they send it to the computer they're connected to. > ... > The only biometric authentication system I trust (to some degree, > anyway) is the human brain. Whoa boy. Are you in trouble or what! <g,d&r>. Look at it this way. This could have been a really nice planet. If it weren't for all those inflated apes or homo emotici running around on it. I like biometrics. For one thing, you can't forget them easily. But you need to combine them with another gimmick like a password. Not another biometric, mind <g>. Roelof -- _______________________________________________________________________ eBOAź est. 1982 http://eBOA.com/ tel. +31-58-2123014 mailto:info@eBOA.com?subject=Information_request fax. +31-58-2160293 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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