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TISSEC
2008
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On predictive models and user-drawn graphical passwords
In commonplace text-based password schemes, users typically choose passwords that are easy to recall, exhibit patterns, and are thus vulnerable to brute-force dictionary attacks. ...
Paul C. van Oorschot, Julie Thorpe
INFORMATICALT
2007
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A Secure YS-Like User Authentication Scheme
Abstract. Recently, there are several articles proposed based on Yang and Shieh’s password authentication schemes (YS for short) with the following features: (1) A user can choos...
Tzungher Chen, Gwoboa Horng, Ke-Chiang Wu
CN
2007
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SPP: An anti-phishing single password protocol
Most users have multiple accounts on the Internet where each account is protected by a password. To avoid the headache in remembering and managing a long list of different and un...
Mohamed G. Gouda, Alex X. Liu, Lok M. Leung, Moham...
IJNSEC
2008
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Pass-Go: A Proposal to Improve the Usability of Graphical Passwords
Inspired by an old Chinese game, Go, we have designed a new graphical password scheme, Pass-Go, in which a user selects intersections on a grid as a way to input a password. While...
Hai Tao, Carlisle Adams
COMCOM
2008
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Virtual password using random linear functions for on-line services, ATM machines, and pervasive computing
People enjoy the convenience of on-line services, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and pervasive computing, but online environments, ATMs, and pervasive computing may bring many r...
Ming Lei, Yang Xiao, Susan V. Vrbsky, Chung-Chih L...
ACSAC
2008
IEEE
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YAGP: Yet Another Graphical Password Strategy
Alphanumeric passwords are widely used in computer and network authentication to protect users' privacy. However, it is well known that long, textbased passwords are hard for...
Haichang Gao, Xuewu Guo, Xiaoping Chen, Liming Wan...
CCS
2010
ACM
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A new framework for efficient password-based authenticated key exchange
Protocols for password-based authenticated key exchange (PAKE) allow two users who share only a short, low-entropy password to agree on a cryptographically strong session key. The...
Adam Groce, Jonathan Katz
CCS
2010
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
The security of modern password expiration: an algorithmic framework and empirical analysis
This paper presents the first large-scale study of the success of password expiration in meeting its intended purpose, namely revoking access to an account by an attacker who has ...
Yinqian Zhang, Fabian Monrose, Michael K. Reiter
USS
2004
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Graphical Dictionaries and the Memorable Space of Graphical Passwords
In commonplace textual password schemes, users choose passwords that are easy to recall. Since memorable passwords typically exhibit patterns, they are exploitable by brute-force ...
Julie Thorpe, Paul C. van Oorschot
AVI
2006
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Design and evaluation of a shoulder-surfing resistant graphical password scheme
When users input their passwords in a public place, they may be at risk of attackers stealing their password. An attacker can capture a password by direct observation or by record...
Susan Wiedenbeck, Jim Waters, Leonardo Sobrado, Je...