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#IBM FINGERPRINT HARDWARE FULL#
#IBM FINGERPRINT HARDWARE PASSWORD#

#IBM FINGERPRINT HARDWARE FULL#

To obtainĬertification, a WSQ decoder must implement the full range of functionality contained in the WSQ Specification, Part I: RequirementsĪnd Guidelines. This providesĪn opportunity for future enhancement in key areas while maintaining compatibility with an installed base of equipment. This certification program facilitates interoperability between agencies and ensuresĮfficient access to FBI criminal justice information services.Įncoders and a single decoder with sufficient generality to decode compressed image data produced by any compliant encoder. Listed below are all the FBI certified WSQ implementations forĬompliance with the WSQ Specification. The Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) Gray-scale Fingerprint Image Compression Algorithm is the standard for the exchange of 8-bit,ĥ00ppi fingerprint images within the criminal justice community. I'm not sure how that turned out though.īasically if you're arrested and they fingerprint you, they could just as easily scan in your fingerprints electronically and "replay" those back later to gain access to your biometric laptop or other devices.īest to use 2 out of the 3 (or 3 out of the 3) above, so they can't gain access to your protected data without your approval or consent.WSQ Fingerprint Image Compression Encoder/Decoder Certification Introduction There was a case that went to the Supreme Court (which I can't recall the name of) where a man argued that his fingerprints were "property", and until he waived his rights to his property, he could not be fingerprinted. The issue about security when prosecuted, is that your physical body (fingerprints as well) are subject to "search and seizure" if you are ever arrested (even if 100% innocent).

#IBM FINGERPRINT HARDWARE PASSWORD#

If any system is compromised, and 2 out of the 3 above are used, then there is a conspiracy (like you gave your keycard and password to someone else).

Something you KNOW (password, passphrase, etc.).

Something you ARE (biometric, iris, fingerprint).

Something you HAVE (card key, key fob, etc.).

Unfortunately, fingerprint authentication does NOT satisfy government requirements (not to mention the inherent insecurity should you ever be prosecuted).ĬFR 21 part 11 (Code of Federal Regulations governing electronic signatures) mandates that you have to have at least 2 out of 3 things to be said to have securely authenticated: The only benefit that fingerprint scanners offer is the instant ability to have 10 different passwords "at your fingertips"!" gov would stop pushing biometrics as the end-all solution to password & user security. Seems to me, we need a new kind of hash function. I just don't see why we need a new framework. And to do the comparison otherwise you'd need to load the data into memory, which is like loading a password, which is bad. I get the fact that you can't do that with biometric data because the data never is exactly the same, i.e., the one-way hash of the fingerprint you use to create the account won't be the same as the one-way hash created as you log on. The way it is now, pam_unix.so does a one-way hash of the password you create and compares it with a one-way hash of whatever password you enter to log on, right? The password once stored is never stored in the clear. Why can't an authentication module simply maintain its own database to register the biometric data associated with each user? They're talking about writing this whole framework for Linux called BioAPI, and then once that's done they're going to work on a BioAPI-to-PAM gateway, but that seems like way too much work.

Isn't writing to PAM all you need to do to support authentication on Linux?