Paul on 3 Dec 2004 14:59:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] finger print for security...


George Gallen wrote:

no, actually, in this sense, I meant bypassed.
I assume that the gadget transforms figerprints
  to a number, and how unique would that number
  be vs using a password system.


This is what I meant by possible protocol weakness. Maybe something like a keystroke capture device, or software, could be used to capture and replay the output of the thumbprint scanner.
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