Re: Biometric question

[Konrad Rzeszutek <darnok () 68k org>]

And less invasive. Keep in mind that with retina scanner you can scan the
veins in the back of the eye - which touches medical concerns. Based on
your heart-beat you could infer some medical condition and in US touching
without consent anything that has to do with medical history is a big No
no.


On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 ktyler () nautilus-ins com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:04:44 -0700
> From: ktyler () nautilus-ins com
> To: Felix Cuello <felix () qodiga com>
> Cc: security-basics () security-focus com
> Subject: Re: Biometric question
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> Well it depends, how desperate somebody wants to get into the computer
> room, e.g would they be willing to cut off your hand or pull out your
> eyeball.
> I would think that finger prints would be the best. It is considerably
> cheaper then a retinal scanning equipment.
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>                       felix () qodiga com
>                       (Felix Cuello)           To:       security-basics () security-focus com
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>                       11/06/2002 02:27         Subject:  Biometric question
>                       PM
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> Hello list!
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>    I will work in a project where phisical security will be based on
>    biometrics, in fact only will be based on fingerprints biometric.
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>    How secure are fingerprints?, what biometric are more secure? (voice,
>    eye, ??? what else).
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>    I'm not a security expert :-)
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>    Thanks a lot,
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>    Felix
>    [my english is bad... please sorry :-)]
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