[Year 12 IT Apps] Keyboard Swipe and Security

[Mann, Warrick D]

Hi Jaskson,

I hate to correct you, but that is a biometric swipe, NOT a keyboard
swipe.

At Mt Baw Baw we use keyboard swipe (magnetic Cards) for login into our
Point of Sale system. Each user is issued with a magnetic card, this is
encoded with the users ID. With this we can authenticate their staff
billing account, login to the system as a user, and validate their
discounts.

The card itself looks like a credit card.

Cheers
Warrick

-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jackson Bates
Sent: Friday, 12 November 2010 3:03 PM
To: 'itapps at edulists.com.au'
Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Keyboard Swipe and Security

I have seen a pupil using a keyboard swipe to access password protected
sites, software and files.

He literally 'swipes' his finger across the home row keys on a qwerty
keyboard.

His password is: ASDFGHJKL;'[enter]

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is a keyboard swipe.

(The kid is not in my IT class, so I take no personal responsibility for
his stoopid password...I did have a chat with him when I saw him do it,
though)

Regards,

Jackson Bates
Waverley Christian College


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