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Password

A password, sometimes called a passcode, is secret data, typically a string of characters, usually used to confirm a user's identity. Traditionally, passwords were expected to be memorized, but the large number of password-protected services that a typical individual accesses can make memorization of unique passwords for each service impractical. Using…

History, Factors in the security of a password system & Password cracking

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History

Choosing a secure and memorable password

Alternatives to memorization

Factors in the security of a password system

Password rules

Password cracking

Alternatives to passwords for authentication

Obsolescence

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Password

Nodes174
Edges173
Triples247
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011494
Components1

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Password

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related to Incidents · 43
Password → ADC, Air Force, Anonymous, AntiSec, At, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cantor Fitzgerald, Center, CERT, Homeland Security, Imperva, In December, In June, In September, Internet, July, June, LinkedIn, LulzSec, Marine
related to Alternatives to passwords for authentication · 36
Password → Access, Another, As, ASCII/Unicode, Biometric, Cognitive, Dimensional Key, Each, Envaulting, Graphical, Having, In, Instead, Key, Memorizable Public-Key Cryptography, MePKC, Most, Non-text-based, One, Passmaze
related to External links · 15
Password → Administrators, Advice, Centre, Communications, Graphical Passwords, Network Research, NIST, Organisations, Papers, Password-based CryptographyThe, PDF, Plymouth, Security, SurveyLarge, University
related to Password security architecture · 14
Password → After, Allowing, Assigning, Common, Employ, Enforcing, However, Introducing, Not, Requiring, Some, Unix, Using, Windows
related to Obsolescence · 13
Password → Alternatives, Bonneau, FIDO Alliance, Higgins, Identity, It, Liberty Alliance, Microsoft's Cardspace, NSTIC, The, Their, They, This
related to Password rules · 13
Password → Bill Burr, Burr, In, It, Many, Most, National Institute, NIST, Some, Standards, Technology, The Wall Street Journal, These
related to Form of stored passwords · 11
Password → Additionally, MD5, More, Passwords, PBKDF2, Roger Needham, SHA1, That, The, This, When
related to Password reuse · 11
Password → Canada, Carleton University, Cormac Herley, Dinei Florencio, Forbes, It, Oorschot, Paul, Redmond, Similar, This
related to history · 10
Password → Airborne Division, American, Battle, D-Day, Normandy, Passwords, Polybius, Roman, Sentries, The
related to Choosing a secure and memorable password · 9
Password → Generally, However, In The Memorability, Jeff Yan, Others, Passwords, Security, Similarly, They

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passwords security users system user used systems attacker authentication use number access characters one hash using may secure also computer

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Passwordis asequence of characters including letters0.90text
'Einstance ofwill often lead to easy-to-guess substitutions0.80text
video camerasinstance offrom deterring shoulder surfing to more sophisticated physical threats0.80text
keyboard sniffersinstance offrom deterring shoulder surfing to more sophisticated physical threats0.80text
in PBKDF2.The stored datainstance ofbut they are not recommended for password hashing unless they are used as part of a larger construction0.80text
PBKDF2instance ofuse more secure password hashing algorithms0.80text
bcryptinstance ofuse more secure password hashing algorithms0.80text
and scryptinstance ofuse more secure password hashing algorithms0.80text
which have large saltsinstance ofuse more secure password hashing algorithms0.80text
an adjustable cost or number of iterationsinstance ofuse more secure password hashing algorithms0.80text
Bruce Schneier recommend that people use passwords that are too complicated to memorizeinstance ofmultiple security experts0.80text
write them down on paperinstance ofmultiple security experts0.80text

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