Joe, I was there in the 90s, when the IRA were active, I got stopped between gates also.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Joe Testa <[email protected]> wrote: > Biometrics "not reliable": at Heathrow Airport they have iris scanners. Once > when you enter the security area, a second time when you are getting ready to > go into the gate area. I didn't match between the first time and the second > time ... how could that be? Well, I wear progressive-lens glasses. > Different angles, different magnifications. I spent 10 minutes peering into > the thing tilting and re-tilting my head to get it to match the first scan > ... better than being hauled away by security officers ... > > -----Original Message----- From: R.S. > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:53 AM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: slightly O/T but interesting > > W dniu 2013-01-23 15:49, Scott Ford pisze: >> It's time for biometrics passwords ...for PCs and mainframes ... > > Or other means of security behind passwords. It can be also a token. > In order tolog on you have to provide password and the code displayed by > the token. The token can have a keyboard for PIN entering. > So stolen password is not a problem. Stolen/lost token is not a problem. > Stolen password & token is still not a problem (for tokens with PIN). > > Such solution is available for many years, also on z/OS. > The only problem is a cost. Hint: cost of tokens + software/hardware is > not TCO. > > > BTW: I prefer tokens over biometrics for the following reasons: > 1. Biometrics is not reliable. Depending on the method used it could > cause "false failures", for example a fingerprint after some injury > cannot be recognized. Same about face recognition (BTDT), etc. So > usually biometrics is backed up with ...regular password. > > 2. Some biometrics are slooow. I saw room access control system which > had to be disabled, because there were long lines (queues) to the doors. > > 3. Some biometric devices built in your PC can be hacked, or in other > words, your PC will receive OK from phony device instead of real one. > > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > -- > Tre tej wiadomoci moe zawiera informacje prawnie chronione Banku > przeznaczone wycznie do uytku subowego adresata. Odbiorc moe by > jedynie jej adresat z wyczeniem dostpu osób trzecich. Jeeli nie jeste > adresatem niniejszej wiadomoci lub pracownikiem upowanionym do jej > przekazania adresatowi, informujemy, e jej rozpowszechnianie, kopiowanie, > rozprowadzanie lub inne dziaanie o podobnym charakterze jest prawnie > zabronione i moe by karalne. Jeeli otrzymae t wiadomo omykowo, > prosimy niezwocznie zawiadomi nadawc wysyajc odpowied oraz trwale > usun t wiadomo wczajc w to wszelkie jej kopie wydrukowane lub > zapisane na dysku. > > This e-mail may contain legally privileged information of the Bank and is > intended solely for business use of the addressee. This e-mail may only be > received by the addressee and may not be disclosed to any third parties. If > you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail or the employee authorised > to forward it to the addressee, be advised that any dissemination, copying, > distribution or any other similar activity is legally prohibited and may be > punishable. If you received this e-mail by mistake please advise the sender > immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software and delete > permanently this e-mail including any copies of it either printed or saved to > hard drive. > > BRE Bank SA, 00-950 Warszawa, ul. Senatorska 18, tel. +48 (22) 829 00 00, fax > +48 (22) 829 00 33, www.brebank.pl, e-mail: [email protected] > Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru > Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. > Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2013 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci > wpacony) wynosi 168.555.904 zotych. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
