Best way to implement Finger Print scanner with server farm?

[TechBoyJK]

For security reasons, I would like for someone to pass a finger print scan (or even retina scan) every time our server farm is accessed. There will be at least 10 computers running Win2K, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBsd. I would like to have a central (single) scanner, but I'm not sure how I can implement/switch this across all machines. I only have a single monitor and keyboard that runs the entire farm, and it is on a switch.

I'm not even sure if I can find a scanner that works on the specialty os's. If anybody has any field experience or just plain old smart ideas, it would be a big help. I'm going to search the web on my own, but I would like to get past this and on to other things.......


Thanks!

 

[Snuffaluffaguss]

you could at least put the scanner on the door to the server farm, that way you know who went in and who went out.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Yea, like have it linked to a windows machine that keeps track of the logs, and have a web cam setup to take video when the door is opened.

Is this respectable?

Or is it pathetic?

I just want security I can rely on and I dont want to pay $$$$$$, or at least too much.

Thank u!

 

[SgtBuddy]

You could use some sort of access control server to allow users to authenticate to the farm. I know the cisco one allows one-time-use cards and other forms of "alternative" authentication other than username/password.

Physical security works for us. Cipher locks and armed guards always help