BioAPI and networks

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Wed Jan 31 12:31:39 EST 2007


"Thomas Charron" <twaffle at gmail.com> writes:

>   Before I start searching the nooks and crannies of the net, has anyone
> ever implemented a method to authenticate with any sort of network services
> via biometric devices?
>
>   Here's the 'simply' part of what I'm hoping to do, if at all possible.  In
> my house we have several laptops/computers with fingerprint readers.  We
> have all cross-enrolled our prints amungst the windows boxes, which makes
> things VERY easy when we want to use eachothers systems via Windows.
>
>   What I'd LIKE to be able to do is have Samba or some other authentication
> server for network based authentication without having to individually
> enroll fingerprints to each Windows laptop, as well as enroll them under
> Linux.

I'd say store the fingerprint in AD or LDAP and have the login use PAM
which can then pass the scanned fingerprint off AD or LDAP.

Not sure if this meets the 'simple' criteria though :)

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Paul
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