Re: Biometric usb login

From: countachl (countachl@attbi.com)
Date: 12/30/02 

From: countachl <countachl@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:14:22 GMT

Hoffa wrote:

> In the last year biometrics credibility has taken a few hits.
>
> If I recall, eight of the MAJOR biometric fingerprint readers were defeated
> in ONE DAY a few months ago by a Japanese cryptoanalyst who was able to fool
> these highly regarded units 50% of the time, using two completely different
> methods. He found the needed fingerprints near the computer, photographed
> them and using nothing but commonly available materials had remarkable
> success. One of the successful approaches utilized printed circut board
> etching techniques to transfer the fingerprint to a finger made of GUMMY
> BEARS....
>
> ..these are some of the same devices adopted by the military years ago...
>
> R Siffredi wrote:
>
> > What products does anyone recommend for protecting local login to
> > win2k/xp with a biometric device?
> >
> > TIA

RFLMAO !

I wonder if you could defeat a system by using scotch tape to
capture the fingerprint of the last user ? We should see this in
a spy movie soon:-)

Maybe these things need 'wipers' to clean the prints after each user.

donc

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