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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.
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  - family: Qureshi
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  - family: Younus
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  - family: Khan
    given: Arslan Ahmed
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date: 2009-08
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datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:35:36
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keywords: 'Context of password, password semantics, password cognition, constitution of password, knowledge-based authentication'
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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'
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title: Philosophical Survey of Passwords
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