Some of the newest biometric solutions are the ones using java enabled storage cards that have an embedded processor built into the card. These cards enable you to use match on card technology that only ever sends a yes or no to authentication to the computer thereby negating your security concerns with the fingerprint database. That information never leaves the card, and cannot with modern technology be removed from the card. As an added layer of protection the entire java applet is encrypted and not just the data, making it even more secure. The new readers from "Precise Biometrics" when coupled with the new storage cards from "ActiveCard" do not take a finger print. They take a reading from under the skin so that a dead or cast finger will not work. Of course this will not stop the determined intruder from holding a gun to a users head and making them put their finger on the reader. The whole premise behind this type of security is that it is layered. It uses something you have, the card, with something you know, your pin, together with something you are, your finger reading. You can also add a fourth dimension with the newest readers and that is somewhere you are, because these readers can be connected to GPS to verify a location. Add to this the ability to take a scan or reading from the stump of someone who has lost a finger and it seems to me as if you have the best solution available at this time..
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Physical Access Control fingerprint access control, i cant help you much on where to find the products im afraid.... but i have to say the idea of fingerprint control frightens me. If people break into your building and demand entry to a room, instead of the employee handing over for instance... a swipe card, the attackers simply have to chop off the finger. I know what id rather hand over... :)
