Re: [PLUG] finger print for security...

Jesse Huestis <jhuestis@comcast.net> · 2004年12月01日 23:12:44 -0500

I have done testing with an earlier version and it worked fairly 
effectively. The best method I saw was one combinding a fingerprint and 
password. In looking at the current solutions, most of these are finger 
print to a username. You have to know the username and have the correct 
fingerprint. It is cool and I can not imagine why it work not be 
adaptable for Linux.
Jesse
Eugene Smiley wrote:
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Paul wrote:

George Gallen wrote:

it was a USB figerprint scanner (for windows) to replace login
names, you would put your fingerprint up, and the owner of that
fingerprint would automatically be logged on.
Has anyone played with this? Could this be adapted for password

entry in linux? how hackable would this be?

I wonder if that would work under the "Smart Card" category for
802.1x authentication.
Hackable? Well, it doesn't seem to be too difficult to lift a

finger print off of something with powder and tape. Making the

print work with the device is the trick. I think it could be done

with moderate

difficulty.

I took his question to mean, "Can it be hacked to be used under
Linux?" However, since it is Microsoft branded, I question whether it
is hackable. I doubt there is a driver for it, YET.

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