Oracle will be marketing a $500 fingerprint recognition unit from Identix (Sunnyvale). The sensor checks for blood flow and pressure as well as fingerprint. [WSJ, 10Feb97. EDUPAGE.]

SecureWeb Documents offers a free Netscape plug-in for digitally signing electronic documents. "Impossible to alter or falsify without detection." . [, net-hap, 15Jan97.]

Joakim Jardenberg is offering 10,000 Swedish crowns (about $1,350) for the first person to crack his standard Macintosh Web server and alter his home page, by 10Apr97. Last year's $10K prize went unclaimed. [TidBITS, 10Feb97.]

Linux users are needed for a distributed attempt to crack a 56-bit RC5 cipher, to raise money for Linux International. The downloadable code can run in the unused cycles on your machine, via the "nice" command. and . [Michael K. Johnson , linux.redhat.announce, 26Feb97. David Joslin.]

INTEGRITY MASTER is a DOS program that checks for file damage from any source, as well as for viruses. . [Network news, 04Feb97.]

"Calm down. It's only ones and zeros." -- Sam Kass. [Donna Epperly , 5/94.]