passwords in white papers
The Design and Analysis of Graphical Passwords
White Paper In this paper we propose and evaluate new graphical password schemes that exploit features of graphical input displays to achieve better security than text-based passwords. In order to evaluate the security of one of our schemes, we devise a novel... [24 Feb 2004]
Greasemonkey Hacks: Keep Track of Secure Site Passwords
White Paper Everyone has too many passwords to remember. Every site - from Expedia to Amazon.com to Gmail to individual blogs and mailing lists - has its own system. Some services - such as Microsoft's Passport, Google's Blogger, and SixApart's TypeKey - have... [10 Oct 2007]
The Memorability and Security of Passwords - Some Empirical Results
White Paper There are many things that are `well known' about passwords, such as that uers can't remember strong passwords and that the passwords they can remember are easy to guess. However, there seems to be a distinct lack of research on the subject that... [24 Feb 2004]
Protecting Passwords Using the Avaya MultiVantage Software ASG Feature
White Paper Protecting passwords to prevent unauthorized use of maintenance and administration logins is a key element in securing Avaya Media Servers and Media Gateways running Avaya Multi-Vantage Software. On these new Media Servers and Media Gateways all... [12 Mar 2004]
Brute Force Attack on UNIX Passwords with SIMD Computer
White Paper Using PixelFlow, a SIMD parallel machine, we are able to crack" a large fraction of passwords used in practice in 2-3 days of computation. We also describe in this paper a simple modification to the UNIX password scheme that makes it harder to... [24 Feb 2004]
Open Sesame!: The Easy Way to Restore Access Passwords to Files, Applications and Databases
White Paper But that's completely understandable, given the number of passwords the average computer user is expected to memorize. The simplest and most accessible tool for any user is still password protection, which helps prevent unauthorized access to... [11 Mar 2008]
Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?
White Paper Unlike passwords and PINs, biometrics cannot be forgotten. Biometrics is a high tech word for an old concept: how they go about recognizing one another. Biometric authentication uses automated methods based on physical characteristics or behavioral... [14 Feb 2005]
Introducing SmartCards to Remote Authenticate Passwords Using Public Key Encryption
White Paper At the operating system server, the passwords file must be protected against any attack. This paper proposes a new approach based on asymmetric encryption algorithms and the SmartCards technology to allow the passwords file protection and to... [27 May 2005]
Cracking Passwords to Enhance Security
White Paper Password crackers do follow a certain logic as they'll try the most common passwords first for example, they'll try the user's name forwards,backwards, and with a number, they'll try information in the user's GECOS field, and they'll try a list of... [24 Feb 2004]
A Convenient Method for Securely Managing Passwords
White Paper Computer users are asked to generate, keep secret, and recall an increasing number of passwords for uses including host accounts, email servers, e-commerce sites, and online financial services. This paper proposes a technique that uses a... [23 Feb 2006]
Moving Beyond Passwords: A Banking Case Study
White Paper Many organizations rely on passwords and rigid password policies to protect access to their sensitive information. This case study explains how one banking organization moved beyond the old days of passwords but still delivered even higher-class... [03 Apr 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Running Scripts Securely While Handling Passwords and Security Contexts Properly (Level 300)
White Paper Dealing with passwords and correct security contexts under Microsoft Windows when running scripts could be a real challenge from a security standpoint. Questions like "How to securely prompt for passwords in a script? [10 Jul 2008]
Account Passwords and Policies: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and the Windows Server 2003 Family
White Paper Password and account lockout settings are designed to protect accounts and data in your organization by mitigating the threat of brute force guessing of account passwords. Settings in the Account Lockout and Password Policy nodes of the Default... [09 Nov 2004]
Fingers Ready Captain Kirk - Destroy All Passwords Enter Biometrics
White Paper Street research carried out at Victoria Station earlier this year revealed that 90% of people were willing to give their passwords to Infosecurity Europe researchers as part of a survey on identity theft - the researchers did not give any... [03 Jul 2008]
Not So Secret Passwords
White Paper Once upon a time, passwords made a lot of sense. Passwords are cheap, easy to use, and the implementation easy to write. Early password systems permitted timeshare users to enter their usernames and passwords, and log into the mainframe securely. [10 Apr 2004]
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