?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Philosophical+Survey+of+Passwords&rft.creator=Qureshi%2C+M.+Atif&rft.creator=Younus%2C+Arjumand&rft.creator=Khan%2C+Arslan+Ahmed&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.description=Over+the+years+security+experts+in+the+field+of+Information+Technology+have+had+a+tough+time+in+making+passwords+secure.+This+paper+studies+and+takes+a+careful+look+at+this+issue+from+the+angle+of+philosophy+and+cognitive+science.+We+have+studied+the+process+of+passwords+to+rank+its+strengths+and+weaknesses+in+order+to+establish+a+quality+metric+for+passwords.+Finally+we+related+the+process+to+human+senses+which+enables+us+to+propose+a+constitutional+scheme+for+the+process+of+password.+The+basic+proposition+is+to+exploit+relationship+between+human+senses+and+password+to+ensure+improvement+in+authentication+while+keeping+it+an+enjoyable+activity.&rft.publisher=International+Journal+of+Computer+Science+Issues%2C+IJCSI+&rft.date=2009-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6691%2F1%2F2-8-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Qureshi%2C+M.+Atif+and+Younus%2C+Arjumand+and+Khan%2C+Arslan+Ahmed++(2009)+Philosophical+Survey+of+Passwords.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6691%2F