Hello, On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, Prem Kurian Philip wrote: > If your entire ID mechanism relies on this compromised biometric code, > then the person will have to be locked out of the system - because the > person cannot change their finger / iris print once they become public > knowledge.
Bruce Schneier once said something like: You can change your password but you cannot change your fingerprint. Think about it. Then think about it once more! It it slowly becoming commonplace to use multiple independent sources of authentication on computers just as we are supposed to in "real life". The independence of the sources is important of course. So it seems likely that authentication should be based on something which you have _and_ something which you know. Regards, Kapil. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
