[ltp] using fingerprint reader for encryption or ssh login?

Yves-Alexis Perez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:45:21 +0100


On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:30:39AM +0000, Jiang Qian wrote:
> Hi All:
> 	I'm among the paranoid people out there who encrypt things but 
> still fear key stroke logger to steal my passwords. Currently, I use 
> fingerprint reader to do sudo, so that I don't need to type in password.  

Are you sure you're really that paranoid?

http://www.yubanet.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/38/28878
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5
etc.

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Yves-Alexis