From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jun 21 0:39:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A752237B40F for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 00:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 9129F5361; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:39:01 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Roelof Osinga Cc: Michael Sierchio , Eric F Crist , 'Ryan Thompson' , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password security References: <000c01c2174c$5a38f230$77fe180c@armageddon> <3D109329.8050007@tenebras.com> <3D127BD5.8000406@eboa.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 21 Jun 2002 09:39:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3D127BD5.8000406@eboa.com> Message-ID: Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Roelof Osinga writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > 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. That doesn't matter when what you type is a one-time password. Your biometric information, on the other hand, does not change a lot. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message