Re: Biometric Encryption: the solution for network intruders?

From: Adrian Edmonds (egghead@suespammers.org)
Date: 04/15/02 

From: "Adrian Edmonds" <egghead@suespammers.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:52:32 +0200

"Leela" <lajavakom@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Adrian Edmonds" <egghead@suespammers.org> wrote in message
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>
> > You might like to explore our product line. See the web site in my .sig
> >
> > We have a system to encrypt and/or sign edocuments and a system for
> > protecting web sites based on the user's voice. Whislt not 100%
effective,
> > it's around 99.5% and together with other info can be very secure.
>
> Dear All,
>
> I'd like to Thank you all comments and suggestion.
>
> I'm still wondering can biometrics replace the rememberign password or
> PIN, which are easy to steal the code and hack to the secured data?
> Moreover, if it can replace password or PIN, will it be successful and
> be the best solution for security and privacy? what do you reckon?
>
> Thanks,
> Leela

It is possible. VoiceShield which is one of our products can do just that.
In it's simplest form, it's 99.5% accurate. The killer bit is that 0.5%. So,
we always combine it with a pin number (normally 4 digits) and some hardware
ID generated when the user registered.
Now, given those three levels of checking , our false acceptance rate
becomes vanishingly small.

There is still a pin number to remember but most people can manage those
four digits well enough. It's nearly impossible to mimic the voice, we track
voice aging and head colds don't count.

Having said all that, the most accurate , out-of-the-box biometric solution
would be iris recognition.(which we don't do here) The main disadvantage
with that system is the hardware needed. It's very expensive so best used
for physical access control. Voice has the advantage that most PC's have the
necessary hardware already (a sound card) and microphones we give away to
customers (less then one dollar each)

Fingerprints also need additional hardware, although that's getting cheaper
all the time. It still suffers from a rather high false rejection rate
especially on some laptops that have it fitted. Face cream on your fingers,
a cut can all defeat it.
Face recognition is too expensive and the false alarm rate too high.
Some emerging biotechnology techniques such as instant DNA analysis,
people's smell, etc are a fair way off yet.

We also do a solution via cell phone to allow Web access when you're on a
different computer.

One other solution we're working on is the perennial 'I've forgotten my
password' problem, which ties up help desk resources and gets everybody hot
and bothered. Semi automated and very hard to break into.

Hope that answers you question. Feel free to email me if you need more
assistance. The email address is real. 

--
Adrian Edmonds
Your voice is your key
http://www.voiceprove.com

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