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To: Scot who wrote (80946)	11/24/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572931

Scot, Is there a fee? is this a cash grab by the AMA/Intel? I can think of many ways to verify an identity, with varying degrees of security. Obviously you must use some property of the doctors' person, like an iris/retina/fingerprint to confirm the the ID. It is equally obvious that not all patient records need the same level of security so there needs to be a gradation of levels. I think it is a reasonable project to fill a valid need, but only if it is an open standard that does not depend on the use of Intel hardware....just a conformity standard so many people can make the scanners etc. this is similar to the implemntation of credit card security methods that started with thenumber and now you have the signature pressure pattern as well as the signature shape and soon all ATMs will have iris readers. Forget the ides of stealing an eyeball to access the account, the iris readers also look for a pulse as the capillaries in the eye expand and contract with the pulse. In essence they are looking for a replacement for the personal introduction they used in the old days, remotely. Bill

To: Scot who wrote (80946)	11/24/1999 1:29:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1572931

Scot, I don't think the Pentium III serial number will be utilized in such a "digital credential" project. In my mind, the only use for that serial number is to provide the physician and/or patient with a public/private key pair. Should that private key ever be compromised (e.g. some hacker gets access to the serial number or the computer), the only way to change that key would be to change processors. That might be an underhanded way for Intel to increase sales of Pentium III processors, but I don't think it's very desirable from a user standpoint. In other words, I don't think the possible use of the serial number is a privacy issue. Rather, I think it's more of a security issue. Tenchusatsu