Re: Biometric Data not in DOD Certificate [was; Re: Certificateprofile for Biometrics information.]

[Stephen Kent <kent@xxxxxxx>]

At 4:33 PM -0800 11/4/02, Tony Bartoletti wrote:
> > Note that when we discussed inclusion of biometric data in a cert 
> > in the Qualified Certificate RFC, we intentionally limited it to 
> > data for verification by a human being, e.g., a photograph, not a 
> > fingerprint, voiceprint, etc.
>
> Hmmm.  Well, most humans have a hard time reading voiceprints, and 
> even fingerprints ... but I don't think machines will have a hard 
> time reading photographs, certainly not for long.
>
> Cheers!  ____tony____

Tony,

The focus is on the complementary set, i.e., we wanted to reject 
biometrics that only machines could process.

Steve