Biometrics and Windows XP

I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the hope of
eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password. This is partially
achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in installing the hardware
and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it still allows me to login by
typing in the password. I could login using the biometric device as well
but I want to eliminate the option of using the keyboard to login. This is
to maximise the security of Windows. Is there any way I can configure
Windows XP to not display the password prompt?

RB

Robert

Robert wrote:
> I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the hope of
> eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password. This is partially
> achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in installing the hardware
> and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it still allows me to login by
> typing in the password. I could login using the biometric device as well
> but I want to eliminate the option of using the keyboard to login. This is
> to maximise the security of Windows. Is there any way I can configure
> Windows XP to not display the password prompt?

Not sure, but if it were mine, I'd be leaving a way to get in when I
burn my finger or leave it at Wendy's.

And if the biometric device stops working then how will you log in.

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"Robert" <> wrote in message
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>I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the hope of
> eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password. This is
> partially
> achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in installing the hardware
> and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it still allows me to login by
> typing in the password. I could login using the biometric device as well
> but I want to eliminate the option of using the keyboard to login. This
> is
> to maximise the security of Windows. Is there any way I can configure
> Windows XP to not display the password prompt?
>
> RB
>
>

I would just purchase another one if it went bad.
"pcbutts1" <> wrote in message
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> And if the biometric device stops working then how will you log in.
>
> --
>
>
> The best live web video on the internet http://www.seedsv.com/webdemo.htm
> Sharpvision simply the best http://www.seedsv.com
>
>
>
> "Robert" <> wrote in message
> news:37iae.1108982$8l.188302@pd7tw1no...
> >I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the hope of
> > eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password. This is
> > partially
> > achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in installing the
hardware
> > and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it still allows me to login
by
> > typing in the password. I could login using the biometric device as
well
> > but I want to eliminate the option of using the keyboard to login. This
> > is
> > to maximise the security of Windows. Is there any way I can configure
> > Windows XP to not display the password prompt?
> >
> > RB
> >
> >
>
>

"Robert" wrote in message news:Kyiae.1109157$8l.1090654@pd7tw1no

>> And if the biometric device stops working then how will you log in.
>
> I would just purchase another one if it went bad.

Which might need different drivers, which you'd need to install before using
it, which means you need to log on... oh.

Robert, <>, the tinny, flailing idiot, and balloonist and
trapeze artist in circuses and music halls, spat:

> I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the
> hope of eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password.
> This is partially achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in
> installing the hardware and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it
> still allows me to login by typing in the password. I could login
> using the biometric device as well but I want to eliminate the option
> of using the keyboard to login. This is to maximise the security of
> Windows. Is there any way I can configure Windows XP to not display
> the password prompt?

Forget it. If you want to 'enhance security', you will need XP Pro with EFS
running. Use the first 28 bytes of an MD5 sum (of any file on disk, using
WinMD5Sum) as the password for your user account and your admin account.
Create your private key cipher, assign the administrator account as the
1024-bit RSA recovery agent for your private key using a 32-byte MD5 sum as
the password, export both your private key and the recovery agent key then
delete the recovery agent key from the administrator account using the same
32-byte MD5 sum password, backup all the exported keys, that is your private
key (EFS certificate) and the recovery agent key (root certificate), along
with their ciphers, to a floppy or CD for safe storage in the bowels of a
salt mine or lead-walled safe, then delete the exported keys from your HDD
and defrag it. For added security, bury the backed up keys, ciphers and the
MD5 sums used account and cipher/key passwords in a password encoded
archive.

Of course, if you have a heart attack and die at the keyboard whilst you're
logged on, your wife will still be able to find your pr0n collection so
maybe you should set your screen saver to lock the screen and request a
password after five minutes of inactivity.

The only drawback to 'enhanced security' is remembering that your password
is something like 573eee8f5d70f545410bec58cc03.

http://kadaitcha.cx/xp_how_to.html#g
"Encrypt Your Data to Keep It Safe"

Quode vide:
http://kadaitcha.cx/
"Backing up EFS Certificates and Recovery Agents"
"Restoring EFS Certificates and Recovery Agents"

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Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> Robert, <>, the tinny, flailing idiot, and balloonist
> and trapeze artist in circuses and music halls, spat:
>
>> I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the
>> hope of eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password.
>> This is partially achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in
>> installing the hardware and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it
>> still allows me to login by typing in the password. I could login
>> using the biometric device as well but I want to eliminate the option
>> of using the keyboard to login. This is to maximise the security of
>> Windows. Is there any way I can configure Windows XP to not display
>> the password prompt?
>
> Forget it. If you want to 'enhance security', you will need XP Pro
> with EFS running. Use the first 28 bytes of an MD5 sum (of any file
> on disk, using WinMD5Sum) as the password for your user account and
> your admin account. Create your private key cipher, assign the
> administrator account as the 1024-bit RSA recovery agent for your
> private key using a 32-byte MD5 sum as the password, export both your
> private key and the recovery agent key then delete the recovery agent
> key from the administrator account using the same 32-byte MD5 sum
> password, backup all the exported keys, that is your private key (EFS
> certificate) and the recovery agent key (root certificate), along
> with their ciphers, to a floppy or CD for safe storage in the bowels
> of a salt mine or lead-walled safe, then delete the exported keys
> from your HDD and defrag it. For added security, bury the backed up
> keys, ciphers and the MD5 sums used account and cipher/key passwords
> in a password encoded archive.
>
> Of course, if you have a heart attack and die at the keyboard whilst
> you're logged on, your wife will still be able to find your pr0n
> collection so maybe you should set your screen saver to lock the
> screen and request a password after five minutes of inactivity.
>
> The only drawback to 'enhanced security' is remembering that your
> password is something like 573eee8f5d70f545410bec58cc03.


This is where the little yellow 3M Post-It stickies come into the picture.

After going through your post several times and reading the articles in the
links you provided, I get about 70% of what you're saying. I fully
understand the part about my wife accessing my pr0n though....
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam@****-off-and-die.com> wrote in message
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> Robert, <>, the tinny, flailing idiot, and balloonist and
> trapeze artist in circuses and music halls, spat:
>
> > I have purchased a fingerprint sensor (biometric device) with the
> > hope of eliminating logging onto Windows by typing the password.
> > This is partially achieved. I followed the manufacturer's steps in
> > installing the hardware and software. Yet when I boot up Windows, it
> > still allows me to login by typing in the password. I could login
> > using the biometric device as well but I want to eliminate the option
> > of using the keyboard to login. This is to maximise the security of
> > Windows. Is there any way I can configure Windows XP to not display
> > the password prompt?
>
> Forget it. If you want to 'enhance security', you will need XP Pro with
EFS
> running. Use the first 28 bytes of an MD5 sum (of any file on disk, using
> WinMD5Sum) as the password for your user account and your admin account.
> Create your private key cipher, assign the administrator account as the
> 1024-bit RSA recovery agent for your private key using a 32-byte MD5 sum
as
> the password, export both your private key and the recovery agent key then
> delete the recovery agent key from the administrator account using the
same
> 32-byte MD5 sum password, backup all the exported keys, that is your
private
> key (EFS certificate) and the recovery agent key (root certificate), along
> with their ciphers, to a floppy or CD for safe storage in the bowels of a
> salt mine or lead-walled safe, then delete the exported keys from your HDD
> and defrag it. For added security, bury the backed up keys, ciphers and
the
> MD5 sums used account and cipher/key passwords in a password encoded
> archive.
>
> Of course, if you have a heart attack and die at the keyboard whilst
you're
> logged on, your wife will still be able to find your pr0n collection so
> maybe you should set your screen saver to lock the screen and request a
> password after five minutes of inactivity.
>
> The only drawback to 'enhanced security' is remembering that your password
> is something like 573eee8f5d70f545410bec58cc03.
>
> http://kadaitcha.cx/xp_how_to.html#g
> "Encrypt Your Data to Keep It Safe"
>
> Quode vide:
> http://kadaitcha.cx/
> "Backing up EFS Certificates and Recovery Agents"
> "Restoring EFS Certificates and Recovery Agents"
>
> --
> http://www.nice-tits.org/pics.html
>

Robert, <>, the dishonourable, demonic ratsbane, and
oxherder, guffawed:

> After going through your post several times and reading the articles
> in the links you provided, I get about 70% of what you're saying. I
> fully understand the part about my wife accessing my pr0n though....
>

Getting 70% of it is more than enough if you are aware of the dangers of the
scorned wife. But then again, she just might walk in unannounced and your
death certificate may end up listing severe battery as the cause of your
death rather than a perving on p0rn induced heart attack.

What you are essentially being told is to create a private key to encrypt
your documents, then make the admin account the recovery agent for your
private key, then backup both your keys and the recovery agent key and
delete the recovery key from the recovery agent account.

The problem with EFS is that even if you delete the recovery agent key after
backing it up, if your wife has an admin account, she will still be able to
see the names of the files unless you use folder-level permissions, which
are easily bypassed anyway. So even though you think you might be safe, she
can still see that you have files named "Norma ****s & sucks FIVE big black
dicks.mpeg", "Chasey Lain takes it up the clacker.mpg", "Tiny Asian beauty
with huge tits rides mechanical donkey.mpg" or "Brenda takes two huge dicks
in each of all three of her holes.mpeg".

The ACDSee viewer, for example, has a filename sequence rename option. You
can select a list of files and rename them into a sequence of names that
won't reveal the content. All you have to do then is find an excuse for
having a directory full of oddly named files with mpg, mpeg and jpg
extensions. "Oh, they're just files from a broken DVD I'm trying to recover,
dear" might work.

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"Kadaitcha Man" wrote in message
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> So even though you think you might be safe, she can still see that you
> have files named
> "Norma ****s & sucks FIVE big black dicks.mpeg",
> "Chasey Lain takes it up the clacker.mpg",
> "Tiny Asian beauty with huge tits rides mechanical donkey.mpg" or
> "Brenda takes two huge dicks in each of all three of her holes.mpeg".

I gotta get me some of those! Got URLs?