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Net Nanny takes security beyond passwords
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October 12, 1998 by Matthew Nelson |
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(IDG) -- NEW YORK -- Net Nanny is now expanding its line of security products beyond its core business of restricting access to Internet sites and is targeting corporate developers with a biometric security access system, announced here at Internet World Thursday.
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Net Nanny's BioPassword is a software-based system that creates individual user profiles based on the manner that a person types in their password. The product creates the profile based on a persons hand size, the speed of the typing, the length the keys are held down, and other factors.
When used in conjunction with a password, BioPassword will provide an extra level of security in case the password has been broken.
"It's there to augment security," said Tom Yerex, manager of research and development for Net Nanny. "It's there to add that extra bit."
Net Nanny acquired the technology from Stanford University and plans to offer the system as a software developer's kit (SDK) for inclusion in Internet-commerce applications as well as database access, phone systems, and smart cards.
"It has so many possibilities that we can't do it all. That's why we're doing the Software Development Kit," Yerex said.
The Net Nanny BioPassword SDK is slated for release in the first quarter of next year for Windows 95 and Windows 98. The company hopes to provide Windows CE and Unix versions soon thereafter. Pricing is still to be determined.
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