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Logical Study of Passwords


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1 Kausar College of Computer Sciences, Nowshera, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
 

Over the years security experts in the field of Information Technology have had a tough time in making passwords secure. This paper studies and takes a careful look at this issue from the angle of logical and cognitive science. We have studied the process of passwords to rank its strengths and weaknesses in order to establish a quality metric for passwords. Finally we related the process to human senses which enables us to propose a constitutional scheme for the process of password. The basic proposition is to exploit relationship between human senses and password to ensure improvement in authentication while keeping it an enjoyable activity.

Keywords

Context of Password, Password Semantics, Password Cognition, Constitution of Password, Knowledge-Based Authentication.
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Mushtaq Ahmad Rather
Kausar College of Computer Sciences, Nowshera, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Tariq Ahamad Ahanger
Kausar College of Computer Sciences, Nowshera, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

Abstract


Over the years security experts in the field of Information Technology have had a tough time in making passwords secure. This paper studies and takes a careful look at this issue from the angle of logical and cognitive science. We have studied the process of passwords to rank its strengths and weaknesses in order to establish a quality metric for passwords. Finally we related the process to human senses which enables us to propose a constitutional scheme for the process of password. The basic proposition is to exploit relationship between human senses and password to ensure improvement in authentication while keeping it an enjoyable activity.

Keywords


Context of Password, Password Semantics, Password Cognition, Constitution of Password, Knowledge-Based Authentication.