Submitted by Forgotten soul on Sat, 2005/02/12 - 23:59.
I agree that for some uses is better a password or a certificate (Kerberos or GPG, but never a PKI which are obsolete for good reasons).
But ... for many uses a biometric system is a better system ... most of the time when we are talking about "valid" users that want to cheat.
Here in Spain biometric systems are having a boom, thank to public servants. I mean, here in Spain "trading" secur-id cards between public servants in order to go out of work a couple of hours before the official time is not seen a nothing "bad" (it is what everybody do). But, man, I can tell you that trying to cheat a fingerprint system has a very different "psychololical" feeling.
Just a point
I agree that for some uses is better a password or a certificate (Kerberos or GPG, but never a PKI which are obsolete for good reasons).
But ... for many uses a biometric system is a better system ... most of the time when we are talking about "valid" users that want to cheat.
Here in Spain biometric systems are having a boom, thank to public servants. I mean, here in Spain "trading" secur-id cards between public servants in order to go out of work a couple of hours before the official time is not seen a nothing "bad" (it is what everybody do). But, man, I can tell you that trying to cheat a fingerprint system has a very different "psychololical" feeling.
So my taxes say YES for biometrical systems.
-- Sorry for my spanglish