The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

A Survey of, and Improvements to, Password Security

Author

Daniel V. Klein

Entry type

techreport

Abstract

With the rapid burgeoning of national and international networks, the question of system security has become one of growing importance. High speed inter-machine communication and even higher speed computational processors have made the threats of system \"cracker,\" data theft, data corruption very real. This paper outlines some of the problems of current password security by demonstrating the ease by which individual accounts may be broken. various tachniques used by crackers are outlined, and finally one solution to this point of system vulnerability, a proactive password checker, is proposed.

URL

http://cs.gmu.edu/~csnow/library/unix/Klein_passwd.pdf

Key alpha

Klein

Affiliation

Carnegie Engineering Institute

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Language

English

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