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Mocana NanoSSL - Embedded SSL/TLS Client and Server

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Automated biometrics-based personal identification
Biometrics-based personal identification attempts to answer the questions ‘‘Who are you?’’ and ‘‘Are you who you claim to be?’’ Personal identification, regardless of method, is ubiqui-tous in our daily lives. For example, we often have to prove our identity to gain access to a bank account, to enter a protected site, to draw cash from an ATM, to log in to a computer, to claim welfare benefits, to cross national borders, and so on.
preview: http://www.pnas.org   date: 9/1/1999

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Biometrics - Brief Overview
Biometrics Overview Biometrics is the use of physiological or behavioral characteristics to determine or verify an individual’s identity. Description Physiological biometrics are based on data derived from direct measurements of a part of the human body. Fingerprints, iris-scans, retina-scans, hand geometry, and facial recognition are all leading physiological biometrics. Behavioral characteristics are based on an action...
preview: http://www.authentec.com  

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Fingerprint Identification
This paper describes exactly which characteristics of the finger are used to distinguish different subjects in a fingerprint verification system.
preview: http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu   date: 7/10/1999

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Biometric Digest
The Biometric Digest - A monthly publication presenting an executive news digest on biometrics, identification, security, fraud, finger imaging, voice recognition, retinal scanning and other means of positive identification. Excellent resource - includes a comprehensive vendor list, and you can subscribe to the paper publication.
preview: http://www.biodigest.com  

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InsideID
From Digital Identity to Identity Management, the Inside ID resource showcases the systems and technologies that facilitate identification in the modern networked world.
preview: http://www.insideid.com   date: 11/15/2004

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European Biometric Forum
The European Biometric Forum brings together 9 major European players in a co-ordinated effort to realise opportunities. The European Biometrics market is recognized as suffering from fragmentation. This fragmentation is perceptible in all aspects of the industry. To counter this tendency key representatives of the biometric community are brought together to increase coordination and drive quality into the market.
preview: http://www.eubiometricforum.com  

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International Biometric Industry Association
Advance, advocate, defend and support the collective international interests of the biometric industry. IBIA is governed by and for biometric developers, manufacturers and integrators, and is impartially dedicated to serve all biometric technologies in all applications.
preview: http://www.ibia.org