[THIN] Re: Biometric Authentication
- From: Jeff Malczewski <jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:06:56 -0500
Xyloc is pretty slick, but in a call center, when you have people using thin
clients that sit only 6 or 8 feet away from one another, a radio device that
transmits up to 50 feet is an evil, EVIL thing...
:(
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 2:39 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Biometric Authentication
Ask him what happens if a user breaks a finger or hand or loses one....how
easy is it to retrain. It is pretty cool stuff. I had a demo of it at
iforum and am pretty impressed.
You need to work at them to get the price down though if you have a lot of
users.
I also think that Xloc device is pretty awesome.
Jim
Jeff Malczewski <jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim-
Funny you should mention BioPassword.. I stumbled across them shortly
after I made this post, and I have a conference call scheduled with them for
Monday to get a 90-day 10-user eval.. Seems pretty solid.
As for tunneling through ICA, unfortunately, we are only using 2000 TS, not
Citrix, so there's no ICA here..
Does anyone here have any experience with BioPassword, good or bad? I'm
going to guinea pig it in a test forest next week, but just wanted to know
if theres anything I should watch out for..
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:39 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Biometric Authentication
Jeff,
I think it really depends on what you want it for. For example if it is for
health care to help with hipaa standards you might want to look at Xyloc..a
device that locks your computer as you walk away and unlocks it as you are
near it.
http://www.ensuretech.com/ <http://www.ensuretech.com/>
Biopassword was one of the cool new products at iForum. This product uses
the biometrics of "how you type" to encrypt your password. Pretty cool
stuff.
http://www.biopassword.com/bp2/welcome.asp
<http://www.biopassword.com/bp2/welcome.asp>
RSA Securitys ID code token key is another way to go
http://www.rsasecurity.com/ <http://www.rsasecurity.com/>
Or Safeword
http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=21
<http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=21>
Integrated biometrics was also a new vendor at iForum. They offer multiple
solutions
http://www.integratedbiometrics.com/web/index.asp
<http://www.integratedbiometrics.com/web/index.asp>
Jim
http://thin.net
Jeff Malczewski <jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello list.. I was just wondering if anyone out there is successfully using
any type of biometric authentication on their thin clients for access to
terminal services? If so, what are you using (both hardware (readers and
thin clients) and software) to accomplish this? We have looked at a few
vendors, and no one seems to have a solution without being able to load
drivers locally on the machine..
Our thin clients are all WYSE, with a mix between the 3200LE's and an older
model (not sure of the P/N but it's a vertical one with a parallel port on
it - LOL)..
Thanks!!
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