Temp at Level 3 data centers

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Wed Oct 11 20:46:02 UTC 2017


On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Jörg Kost <jk at ip-clear.de> wrote:

> Do you guys still at least have biometric access control devices at your
> Level3 dc? They even removed this things at our site, because there is no
> budget for a successor for the failing unit. And to be consistent, they
> event want to remove all biometric access devices at least across Germany.
>

Hi  Jörg,

IMO, biometric was a gimmick in the first place and a bad idea when
carefully considered. All authenticators can be compromised. Hence, all
authenticators must be replaceable following a compromise. If one of your
DCs' palm vein databases is lost, what's your plan for replacing that hand?

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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