The same thing can done on Windows, it seems, with a tool called BlueLock that does the same sort of thing: http://members.lycos.co.uk/wuul/bluelock/
Unfortunately if the only form of authentication is my bluetooth id then anyone can access my machine as it's being constantly broadcast. Definitely a step up on no password but still pretty insecure. I was hoping on some form of encrypted authentication between the phone and the PC over bluetooth. That's why I asked for a phone that I might need in specific. 2009/7/14 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk>: > Quoting Jai Harrison <j...@jaiharrison.com>: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> I'm in the process of trying to select a new phone and figured that >> what would be really cool is one that I can use to login and out of my >> machine. Basically something that communicates through bluetooth to >> the machine to log in. Then when I go away it should lock it and when >> I come back it should unlock it. >> >> I am pretty sure that all of this can be achieved on Windows with >> third party software and was wondering if I could do the same on >> Ubuntu. I'm interested in what software I'll need on my system, what >> mobile phone and software for that I'll need and whether it's also >> compatible with Windows (so that I can use it for both OSes I use). >> >> Any help is much appreciated, >> >> Jai > > I'd be tempted to use two-factor auth (i.e. using a password as well > as your phone) as the issue with only using a phone ot log is is that > if someone else gets your phone and laptop/computer then they have > access to all of the data. > > I'd be interested in a solution to this as I've used two-factor auth > using PAM_USB in the past. > > M. > -- > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace > matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk > http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
