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The Benefits of Understanding Passwords
Date: August 2012 Publication: Proceedings of the 7th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security, HotSec '12 Publisher: USENIX Source 1: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/hotsec12/hotsec12-final13.pdf Source 2: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9781461448778-c2.pdf Abstract or Summary:
We study passwords from the perspective of how they are generated, with the goal of better understanding how to distinguish good passwords from bad ones. Based on reviews of large quantities of passwords, we argue that users produce passwords using a small set of rules and types of components, both of which we describe herin. We build a parser of passwords, and show how this can be used to gain a better understanding of passwords, as well as to block weak passwords. PasswordResearch.com Note: Presentation video and audio: https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotsec12/bene%EF%AC%81ts-understanding-passwords
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