C. Shoba Bindu

Secure Usable Authentication Using Strong Pass text Passwords

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C. Shoba Bindu ^1,*

1. Department of CSE, JNTUA College of Engineering, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2015.03.08

Received: 15 May 2014 / Revised: 26 Sep. 2014 / Accepted: 5 Nov. 2014 / Published: 8 Feb. 2015

Index Terms

Authentication, Graphical passwords, Pass Text passwords, Usability

Abstract

Traditional alphanumeric passwords used for remote user authentication does not offer both usability and security. Graphical passwords were proposed as an alternative to these textual passwords for improving usability and security. This paper proposes a remote user authentication scheme, which extends the existing pass text scheme. The usability and security of the proposed scheme is analyzed. Using Morea tool the Usability of the proposed scheme is investigated.

Cite This Paper

C. Shoba Bindu, "Secure Usable Authentication Using Strong Pass text Passwords", International Journal of Computer Network and Information Security(IJCNIS), vol.7, no.3, pp. 57-64, 2015. DOI:10.5815/ijcnis.2015.03.08

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