creators_name: Qureshi, M. Atif
creators_name: Younus, Arjumand
creators_name: Khan, Arslan Ahmed
type: journalp
datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:35:36
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:31
metadata_visibility: show
title: Philosophical Survey of Passwords
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-mach-dynam-sys
full_text_status: public
keywords: Context of password, password semantics, password cognition, constitution of password, knowledge-based authentication
abstract: 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.
date: 2009-08
date_type: published
publication: M. A. Qureshi, A. Younus and A. A. Khan, "Philosophical Survey of Passwords", International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI, Volume 2, pp8-12, August 2009
volume: 1
publisher: International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI 
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Qureshi, M. Atif and Younus, Arjumand and Khan, Arslan Ahmed  (2009) Philosophical Survey of Passwords.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6691/1/2-8-12.pdf