> On Saturday 18 August 2007 20:42:35 Koen Thomeer wrote: >> Has someone experience with fingerprint authentication and (Ubuntu) >> Linux?
Michael Anckaert a e'crit : > What do you mean with fingerprint authentication? > I authenticate on my workstations with a smartcard (Openpgp keys) if that's > what you mean? I believe he is talking about something else. You swipe a finger on a fingerprint reader and the computer authenticates you. This is used for laptops in the company I work for at the moment. You need to swipe a finger for the computer to boot up. If your fingerprint is recognized, it will start the computer and automatically open your session in the operating system. I have seen this on IBM ThinkPad laptops with the Lenovo ThinkVantage Fingerprint software on Microsoft Windows. Reading fingerprints as a mean of authentication is also used for other things. I have heard about external hard drives using biometric information to allow access to their contents, for example. But I have personally no experience with fingerprint authentication in Linux, sorry. Alexandre -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
