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Intel's newest update to their open sourced CDSA 2 implementation includes a Linux port. Yes! Who wants to use a fingerprint scanner to log into their Linux box? CDSA stands for Common Data Security Architecture. It provides a security framework that includes cryptographically signed modules to present an abstracted unified API to the application developer to perform cryptographic and security related operations. It also includes hardware support for cryptographic tokens and biometric devices, such as thumbprint scanners. CDSA 2 is an Open Group standard, created by many companies and freely published.   Intel's CDSA 2 Website