Re: Sys Admins Wanted

Anand Kumria (akumria@nospam.socs.uts.EDU.AU)
Fri, 6 May 1994 00:46:26 +1000 (EST)

On Thu, 5 May 1994, Matthew Gream wrote:

> The point is that future computing platforms are going to rely
> on non-reusable password technologies, and now is the time to
> educate users towards them. I think you'll find that any future
> sysadmins are going to have to deal with these technologies,
> dissmissing them because of minor inconveniences isn't going to
> cut it when you're faced with cleaning up after your passwords
> have been compromised.

Who wants to carry around a sheet of 100 passwords ... I login every day
about 7 - 12 times, it isn't going to last very long & what about when you
print the things, you have to make that secure too. I think you don't
releaize where technology is headed --- not towards "single-use"
passwords, but biometrics (ie retina scan, finger print scan, voice
recognition, DNA sampling, brain wave recognition, etcetera) perhaps even in
conjunction with passwords as well.

Regards,

Anand.

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