IPS sticks to fingerprint plan
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Denies print register drop report The Identity and Passport Service has denied that fingerprints could be dropped from the National Identity Register.â¦
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Proposals to fingerprint children aged 11 to 15 as part of new passport and ID card plans are being considered.
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A move to devise privacy policies for ICANN that might shield information on people who register domains has stalled for now, continuing a long-running stalemate  on reforms to the way the WHOIS database is handled.
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Virginia legislators are weighing a plan to add biometric data and radio signal emitting chips to licenses to prevent identity theft and thwart terrorists. Critics say the plan could compromise privacy and allow new varieties of fraud to flourish. By Mark Baard.
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Tracking with a soupcon of fast... The Telegraph reveals that the UK government is plotting fingerprinting of air passengers as a matter of routine, to check the identity of departing passengers and to tighten up border controls for incoming. Which, given the firmness of the regime's plans for ID cards, is scarcely news in the long term - but in the interim, turkeys are apparently being asked to volunteer for Christmas, now.â¦
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"We should address parents' concerns" The managing director of one of the firms supplying fingerprint scanners to British schools has vowed to come clean to parents about the arguments against the use of such biometric technology on children.â¦
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ISP rejects Microsoft antispam plan amid concerns from open-source community.
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(InfoWorld) - For many IT managers, IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), the next version of the Internet Protocol, may seem like a far-off concern. But the technology will make its way into corporate IT systems sooner than many people realize, forcing IT departments to confront potential security vulnerabilities inherent in the new protocol, a security consultant warned. Companies need toÂ prepare themselves for IPv6, even if they don't have plans to upgrade their networks, said Van Hauser, a security consultant and the founder of hacking group The Hacker's Choice. Hauser discussed security vulnerabilities in IPv6 this week during a presentation at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "Most people think there's no IPv6 now, so where's the problem?" Hauser said. "The thing is if you install any Unix operating system now it comes with IPv6 enabled." In addition,Â Microsoft's Vista operating system, set for release in the coming months, is expected to have support for IPv6 enabled, he said. With support for IPv6 enabled in these operating systems, IT managers need to prepared to address security issues in the new protocol. "It has the same vulnerabilites as IPv4 (IP version 4). When you thought with IPv6 everything will change in regards to security this is not really the case," Hauser said. Among the vulnerabilities that IPv6 and IPv4 share is the ability of a hacker to launch a man-in-the-middle attack, Hauser said. In this type of attack, a hacker is able to monitor or insert packets being sent back and forth between two parties, without either one realizing that the network link between them has been compromised by a third party. To secure against vulnerabilities in IPv6, companies must use IPSec (IP Security) on their networks, Hauser said. "If you use IPSec, most of the problems go away," he said. However, even then networks will not be completely secure. "It's not that easy. If you do encryption and authentication, it doesn't mean that security is okay," Hauser said. "It just narrows down the number of people who can do something."
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Ziff Davis - In the aftermath of Sender ID, some are concerned that Microsoft may use its vague IP claims over basic Internet protocols against other companies and open-source developers.
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Online security service adapts as you roam Roaming internet access specialist iPass is getting into device security via a deal with Symantec.â¦
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a new ThinkPad notebook line that will use biometrics for added security. Due for release on October 19th, certain models of the ThinkPad T42 will have embedded fingerprint readers that will allow users to sign on using fingerprints rather than passwords.
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Will it become redundant in the face of encryption and protection on endpoints in an open network?
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Looking to lock up your notebook and its data? IBM is offering you a new choice: its already attractive Thinkpad T42 series now integrates a fingerprint reader.
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Microsoft has developed a convenient solution for replacing all those passwords with something you don&#39;t have to worry about forgetting: your fingerprint.
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On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), programs that connect to IP addresses that are in the loopback address range may not work as you expect.
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Americans' fingerprints should be added to their passports, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday, hoping to include the United States in a growing global security standard but risking a privacy fight at home.
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For all their electronic sophistication, fingerprint scanners have a major shortcoming. So some new models are going beyond skin deep.