Biometrics (OT)

[Stefan H. Holek]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Julian Ashbourn wrote:

> Noting your activities regarding the GNU Privacy Guard project, I wondered
> to what extent you have considered the use of biometrics for strong user
> authentication? You may like to take a look at my background information
> site

Couldn't resist:

"Biometrics are unique identifiers, but they are not secrets."

>From a 1998 crypto-gram newsletter by Bruce Schneier 
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-9808.html#biometrics

Regards,
Stefan

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