Beyond the Keymaker

work in progress

Category Tree

Password, passphrase (no physical token)
1. Combination locks
  1. Single-dial
  2. Multiple-dial
2. Pinpads
Mechanical
1. Cylinder locks
  1. Warded locks
  2. Tumbler locks
    1. Pin tumbler
    2. Wafer tumbler
    3. Disc tubmler
    4. Tubular pin tumbler lock
  3. Level tumbler
    1. Chubb detector
    2. Protector
2. Magnetic keyed lock
3. Time lock
Magnetic stripe
1. Low-coercivity
2. High-coercivity
Optical recognition
1. Plain characters
  1. Passports, ID cards
2. Barcodes
  1. Flight tickets
RFID
1. Low Frequency
  1. HID
  2. EM Microelectronic
  3. Indala
2. High Frequency
  1. MIFARE
    1. Ultralight
    2. Classic
    3. Desfire
Contact
1. 1-wire
  1. Dallas iButton
2. Smartcard
  1. Common Access Card
3. PC peripherial (USB, Parallel port, etc.)
  1. DESkey
Biometrics
1. Fingerprints
2. Iris recognition
3. Retinal scan
4. Voice recognition