Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:109px; left:63px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>State Of The Market:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:165px; left:63px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>Biometric Security</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:265px; left:63px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>If</i> <i>you're</i> <i>looking</i> <i>to</i> <i>replace</i> <i>or</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:286px; left:63px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>supplement</i> <i>login</i> <i>passwords</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:262px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>I</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:265px; left:265px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>t's an accepted fact in IT security that there are three ways to authenticate</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:278px; left:265px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>someone and to prove that they are in fact who they claim to be. These are:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:290px; left:265px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>something you know; something you have; something you are. Passwords fall</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:303px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>into the first category, namely something you know, and of course the big trouble</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:306px; left:63px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>with</i> <i>additional</i> <i>technology,</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:316px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with something you know is that it's fairly easy to forget it or for someone else to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:327px; left:63px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>there</i> <i>are</i> <i>many</i> <i>routes</i> <i>that</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:328px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>get to know it too. Ask anyone who's manned a support desk on the day after a long</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:341px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Christmas break, and you'll appreciate just how easy it is to forget a password. One</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:348px; left:63px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><i>you</i> <i>can</i> <i>take.</i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:354px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>large bank of my acquaintance employs two people whose primary job is simply to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:366px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>reset forgotten passwords. Not only is this a huge waste of money but it's also a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:380px; left:63px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By Robert Schifreen</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:379px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>major security risk.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:400px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>One way to circumvent the problems associated with something you know is to go</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:412px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>with the idea of something you have. Smartcards and other physical tokens fall into</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:425px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>this category. You can't forget a token, though you can of course forget to bring it</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:438px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>into the office with you. And although tokens are relatively cheap to buy, the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:450px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>procedures and personnel required to issue them, reclaim them from ex employees</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:463px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and so on is considerable. Nevertheless, hardware tokens in some form are proving</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:476px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>very popular in high security environments, especially where laptops containing</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:488px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>confidential information are routinely taken out of the office.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:515px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Introducing</b></i> <i><b>Biometrics</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:537px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Surprisingly, very little attention has been paid in the past to the third concept of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:550px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>authentication, namely something you are. This is the art of biometrics, ie checking</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:563px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>a unique characteristic of the user such as a fingerprint, smell, voice, the way he</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:575px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>signs his name, and so on. The concept is not a new one the ancient Egyptians used</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:588px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>characteristics such as scars and birthmarks to identify people many thousands of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:601px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>years ago.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:621px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Although biometrics does have its problems, not least the initial cost, it can provide</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:634px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>an excellent way of removing the problems of forgotten passwords. However long</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:647px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>someone is away from the office during the Christmas period, he's unlikely to forget</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:659px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to bring his finger when he returns. He can then simply place his finger on the reader</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:672px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to gain instant login to the company network without the need for a password. And</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:685px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in case you're wondering, there's usually a facility for an override master password</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:697px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and/or fingerprint to allow support staff to access machines in cases where a user</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:710px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is not physically present.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Categories</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:759px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>There are many features of a person that can be measured in order to generate a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>unique identity code. Fingerprints are obvious, and are certainly very popular with</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:784px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>companies developing biometric solutions. Also popular is face recognition, in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:797px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>which algorithms similar to those used in fingerprint recognition are used to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:810px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>measure the distances between various components of the face. Recent develop </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:822px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ments in this area allow standard cameras to analyse a face in three dimensions</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:835px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rather than just two, which helps to improve accuracy if the subject doesn't always</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:848px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>look straight into the camera either during the enrolment or recognition phase.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:868px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Handwriting analysis is another alternative, and specifically something known as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:881px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>signature dynamics. This uses a special pad (rather like a graphics tablet) or a special</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:894px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>pen (rather like a pen shaped mouse) to analyse the way that someone signs their</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:906px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>name.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:52px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Issue 139:February 2002</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:261px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:612px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>File: B1426.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:52px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>page 19</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:519px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Buying and Evaluating:Hardware</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:967px; left:284px' class="ft7"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.pcnetworkadvisor.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>