Hi, If all you use the biometrics for is authentication then yes, physical control of the machine will allow a bypass of the technology. However, if you use it also for the key to the file system then it becomes much more secure. As I understand it there is no file system level protection offered through this technology at this time. It is a start howerver... On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, POF wrote:
Thanks for the article, but i have some questions/comments that perhaps require some clearing up.... even if it were in perfect working order, this technology sounds to me like another coup for crypto... what i mean is, simply, bits are bits, and the data on the drive could be read in a part by part basis (perhaps i don't have the vocabulary for this, but the idea is here).... sorta like "ta hell with the security, if i just take the drive, or the platter even i can just read it raw and then all i have to contend with is the encryption"
well, sorry for my ignorance... perhaps you could clear it up if needed :)
At 07:11 AM 2/5/01 -0600, you wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/02/biometric.security.idg/index.h
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