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Biometric Hardware and Software for Mac OS X?

Posted by Cliff on from the validation-by-body dept.

yummyporkproducts asks: "After spotting this story on MacSlash, I was wondering if anyone had actually written or ported any software for Mac OS X that allows the use of off-the shelf biometric hardware, like this pc card."

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  1. I believe not by Lazarus2k2001 · · Score: 1, Informative

    AFAik, there is no such software for the mac.
    The only Biometric device I know of, that works more or less, is a mouse for windows and Linux from Siemens with a built-in fingerprintscanner.

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  2. Macs not used much by the govt by Knife_Edge · · Score: 2, Informative

    I would guess that biometric stuff would be hard to find for Apple computers because they are not used much by the government. Despite all the news of biometrics being tested for commercial uses, the government is still the largest purchaser by far of biometric technology and thus pretty much dictates what is going to to be developed.

  3. Re:It's just PAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, what is needed is not a PAM module, but a plug-in for Mac OS X Authorization Services (that is, for SecurityServer). PAM in Mac OS X is a plug-in for Authorization Services (and PAM can have its own plug-ins). Loginwindow in 10.2 uses the Authorization system. If you wish to use PAM with it, you must enable it in the Authorization security policy configuration (see /etc/authorization).