On Wed February 4 2004 13:37, markus-1977@gmx.net wrote: > (to the best of my knowledge) there is no > hash-function out there that will hash your fuzzy fingerprint to a > constant value is it accepts and to something random if it rejects. Law enforcement agencies use some kind of algorithm to convert fingerprints to a numeric value, so that they can be easily compared. This resulting value could of course be hashed. Question is, is this something that (so far) a human must do, or is it automatable in real time by a reasonably small and low-priced system? -- Dave Aronson, Senior Software Engineer, Secure Software Inc. (Opinions above NOT those of securesw.com unless so stated!) Email me at: work (D0T) 2004 (@T) dja (D0T) mailme (D0T) org Web: http://destined.to/program http://listen.to/davearonson