[196266] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Temp at Level 3 data centers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Sat Oct 14 07:53:02 2017
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:46:02 -0400
To: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Kost?= <jk@ip-clear.de>
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:32 PM, J=C3=B6rg Kost <jk@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 J=C3=B6rg,
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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William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us
Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
