Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:27:43 +0100 From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> To: Bigby Findrake <bigby@ephemeron.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Safe SSH logins from public, untrusted Windows computers Message-ID: <20020324002743.I63272@mail.webmonster.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0203211551080.98942-100000@home.fake.net>; from bigby@ephemeron.org on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 03:57:17PM -0800 References: <20020319175854.N14039-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0203211551080.98942-100000@home.fake.net>
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--mrJd9p1Ce66CJMxE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bigby Findrake(bigby@ephemeron.org)@2002.03.21 15:57:17 +0000: > While not novel, I think it's a wonderful idea, a new twist on biometrics. > I'm just not sure how valuable it would be in an untrusted environment. there is a software available on BeOS that exactly does this. i used it, it appears to be based on a neural network implementation, and it worked (after one sentence typed it locked the screen in front of my colleagues who thought the workstation was unsecured ;-) lemme check... bebits link: http://www.bebits.com/app/241 the beos version appears to be not supported anymore. http://www.10191.com/inferno/BHand/ is a somewhat newer link, containing the author's email address: kubernan@10191.com this is an implementation for macosx, but the distribution is binary-only. the impression that i get is, that it is still based on braininabox (the author's NN engine) this info for someone who might give it a spin, i don't have a macosx box here. from the architecture it might be possible to implement it for securing console access on xfree86 via xinput. regards, /k --=20 > An open mind, like an open mouth, does have a purpose: and that is, to > close it upon something solid. Otherwise, it could end up like a city > sewer, rejecting nothing. --G. K. Chesterton=20 KR433/KR11-RIPE -- WebMonster Community Founder -- nGENn GmbH Senior Techie http://www.webmonster.de/ -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de/ -- http://www.ngenn.n= et/ GnuPG 0x2964BF46 2001-03-15 42F9 9FFF 50D4 2F38 DBEE DF22 3340 4F4E 2964 B= F46 My mail is GnuPG signed -- Unsigned ones are bogus -- http://www.gnupg.org/ Please do not remove my address from To: and Cc: fields in mailing lists. 1= 0x --mrJd9p1Ce66CJMxE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8nQ9vM0BPTilkv0YRAqKyAKDBwOMnyG3IgQRDLmo9bzi3nn0QcgCcC84z WToos8IKdOhT8Ix8BKdOvzc= =G3Dt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mrJd9p1Ce66CJMxE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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