Re: Biometric question

[ATD <simon () snosoft com>]

Scanners normally work in conjunction with a swipe card too so they
would need to steal that =o)...   

Smart scanners are normally located in a man trap with a guard and
require a pass-code. 



On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 12:04, ktyler () nautilus-ins com wrote:
> 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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> 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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