The ups and downs of using biometrics, grid computing and VoIP
May 12, 2006
By Bob Brown, NetworkWorld.com
The heart of the system is fingerprint reading technology and encryption hardware built in to the company's IBM T series laptops that enables the saving of usernames and passwords to multiple applications, including in-house and third-party programs. Brown says the technology is reliable, with false prints being accepted only one out of 10,000 times.
"The one downside we've seen to this is that if you have the software manage your passwords you don’t know what they are," Brown said. "So if you were to go to another workstation you might not be able to get in."
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/
The heart of the system is fingerprint reading technology and encryption hardware built in to the company's IBM T series laptops that enables the saving of usernames and passwords to multiple applications, including in-house and third-party programs. Brown says the technology is reliable, with false prints being accepted only one out of 10,000 times.
"The one downside we've seen to this is that if you have the software manage your passwords you don’t know what they are," Brown said. "So if you were to go to another workstation you might not be able to get in."
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/