On Wednesday, January 4, Andreas Bartelt wrote: > > In my personal opinion, I think, the weakest link is entering the > password when opening a svnd device. Are there already solutions known > which combine passwords (knowledge) with hardware devices (i.e. > smartcards) or biometrics in order to access some secure storage? I > don't own one, but don't at least a couple of newer IBM notebook models > have a fingerprint reader and a TPM built in? Do you think a combination > of these measures would improve overall security?
Sure, if you can get me the datasheet/etc, I'll see about possibly writing a driver for the fingerprint reader. I've contacted the company that makes them, and they refused to even talk to me. Maybe you have better luck. Otherwise, it's all talk... --Toby.
