| Jobusch, D., Oldehoeft, A. A Survey of Password Mechanisms: Weaknesses and Potential Improvements. Computers and Security vol. 8. Pp. 587-604 (1989). |
....guessing attacks [11] but are not relevant in relation to off line attacks [12] A number of protocols have been proposed for dealing with on line [13] and offline [14] 15] 12] password guessing attacks. In addition, two tools have been proposed for helping users pick stronger passwords [16]: password generators and password monitoring programs. Password generators are programs that are made available on systems in an effort to ensure good password choices , which means that the selected password is difficult to guess, and easy for the user to remember. These programs have to be ....
Jobusch D., Oldehoeft A. A survey of Password Mechanisms: Weaknesses and Potential Improvements. Computers and Security 1989; Vol. 8, No. 7, 587-603
....dictionary entries against several hundred passwords in a matter of a few hours or days. Despite wide spread publication of good password policy and the risks inherent in bad passwords, users continue to select weak passwords. This is a continuing threat to the best managed systems. For example: [2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 20, 26, 28]. There are four basic methods for a system administrator to enforce better reusable password security on a computer system: 1. Educate and encourage users to make better choices of passwords. 2. Generate strong passwords for users and do not allow them to choose passwords of their own creation. ....
David L. Jobusch and Arthur E. Oldehoeft. A survey of password mechanisms: Weaknesses and potential improvements. part 1. Computers & Security, 8(7):587--603, 1989.
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Jobusch, D., Oldehoeft, A. A Survey of Password Mechanisms: Weaknesses and Potential Improvements. Computers and Security vol. 8. Pp. 587-604 (1989).
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