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Password Managers: Attacks and Defenses

by David Silver, Suman Jana, Eric Chen, Collin Jackson, Dan Boneh
"... We study the security of popular password managers and their policies on automatically filling in Web passwords. We examine browser built-in password managers, mobile password managers, and 3rd party managers. We observe significant differences in autofill policies among password managers. Several a ..."
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We study the security of popular password managers and their policies on automatically filling in Web passwords. We examine browser built-in password managers, mobile password managers, and 3rd party managers. We observe significant differences in autofill policies among password managers. Several

SPM: System for Password Management

by Michael A. Cooper, Michael A. Cooper , 1995
"... Most UNIX operating systems are not delivered with adequate facilities to address password management in medium to large, heterogeneous environments. The System for Password Management (SPM, pronounced spare) provides multiple levels of user verification beyond the normal password verification pr ..."
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Most UNIX operating systems are not delivered with adequate facilities to address password management in medium to large, heterogeneous environments. The System for Password Management (SPM, pronounced spare) provides multiple levels of user verification beyond the normal password verification

Password Management through PWM

by Menno Pieters
"... Abstract: There have been many initiatives around open source identity and access management, federated authentication standards and products for the web. All of these products and standards require a user store with credential information. Most often this is an LDAP directory. The most common type ..."
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or update passwords. People forgetting or losing their passwords is not just a problem for the people themselves, but also for your organization. Lost passwords result in cost and risk for your organization. A password management system can help reducing these risks and cost. PWM is a feature rich password

A usability study and critique of two password managers

by Sonia Chiasson, P. C. Van Oorschot, Robert Biddle - In Proceedings of the 15th USENIX Security Symposium , 2006
"... We present a usability study of two recent password manager ..."
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We present a usability study of two recent password manager

PASSWORD MANAGEMENT USING DOODLES

by Naveen Sundar G, Sriganesh Madhvanath, Naveen Sundar G, Sriganesh Madhvanath , 2007
"... doodles; password management The average computer user needs to remember a large number of text username and password combinations for different applications, which places a large cognitive load on the user. Consequently users tend to write down passwords, use easy to remember (and guess) passwords, ..."
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doodles; password management The average computer user needs to remember a large number of text username and password combinations for different applications, which places a large cognitive load on the user. Consequently users tend to write down passwords, use easy to remember (and guess) passwords

Kamouflage: Loss-Resistant Password Management

by Hristo Bojinov, Elie Bursztein, Xavier Boyen, Dan Boneh
"... Abstract. We introduce Kamouflage: a new architecture for building theft-resistant password managers. An attacker who steals a laptop or cell phone with a Kamouflage-based password manager is forced to carry out a considerable amount of online work before obtaining any user credentials. We implement ..."
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Abstract. We introduce Kamouflage: a new architecture for building theft-resistant password managers. An attacker who steals a laptop or cell phone with a Kamouflage-based password manager is forced to carry out a considerable amount of online work before obtaining any user credentials. We

Password Management Strategies for Online Accounts

by Shirley Gaw - Proc. SOUPS 2006, ACM Press , 2006
"... Given the widespread use of password authentication in online correspondence, subscription services, and shopping, there is growing concern about identity theft. When people reuse their passwords across multiple accounts, they increase their vulnerability; compromising one password can help an attac ..."
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accumulated more accounts but did not create more passwords. Users justified their habits. While they wanted to protect financial data and personal communication, reusing passwords made passwords easier to manage. Users visualized threats from human attackers, particularly viewing those close to them

On The Security of Password Manager Database Formats

by Paolo Gasti, Kasper B. Rasmussen , 2012
"... Abstract. Password managers are critical pieces of software relied upon by users to securely store valuable and sensitive information, from online banking passwords and login credentials to passport- and social security numbers. Surprisingly, there has been very little academic research on the secur ..."
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Abstract. Password managers are critical pieces of software relied upon by users to securely store valuable and sensitive information, from online banking passwords and login credentials to passport- and social security numbers. Surprisingly, there has been very little academic research

Passwords Management using Blowfish Algorithm

by Savita Devidas Patil
"... Abstract — Authentication is as fundamentally a part of our lives as privacy. We use authentication throughout our everyday lives, especially on the Internet, you might have found one user having more and more usernames or IDs and passwords, which contains users private information. It is very diffi ..."
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difficult to remember all usernames and passwords and it is unsafe to write them down on notebooks. To solve this problem, this paper explained a design and implementation of Passwords Management System (PMS), by which you can manage your usernames and passwords efficiently. It was made based on Blowfish

A Comparative Usability Evaluation of Traditional Password Managers

by Ambarish Karole, Nitesh Saxena, Nicolas Christin
"... Abstract. Proposed in response to the growing number of passwords users have to memorize, password managers allow to store one’s credentials, either on a third-party server (online password manager), or on a portable device (portable password manager) such as a mobile phone or a USB key. In this pap ..."
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Abstract. Proposed in response to the growing number of passwords users have to memorize, password managers allow to store one’s credentials, either on a third-party server (online password manager), or on a portable device (portable password manager) such as a mobile phone or a USB key
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