On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:09, Duncan Guy wrote: > http://www.u3.com/default.aspx > > Has anyone seen or used this ?
I own something even better and I am very happy with it: http://projectblackdog.com/ It is a tiny device with integrated fingerprint reader. You plug it into any XP box, Linux or OS/X box (some quirks on some Linux or OS/X boxes may require installation of a driver). It first appears as USB CDROM to the computer it is attached to, and executes a program automatically (unless this feature is deliberately disabledon the host computer). After authentication via finger print reader (+/- password) it re-establishes itself as a network device and launches a X windows session on the host computer. That is, the blackdog is a computer the size of two thumb drives, using the host computer as a terminal via a virtual network established via USB. In the X session, you can launch any software that runs on (ARM architecture) Linux, e.g. Firefox, Thunderbird, ssh, rsync, even OpenOffice. The host computer is entirely unaware, and since the X-Session can be run encrypted, there is no practical way for the host computer to sniff or log any data other than continuous screen shots. It's fabulous, and it's cheap. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
