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dc.rights.licenseAll rights reserveden_US
dc.contributor.advisorCruz, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorHernández Liang, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-15T12:54:31Z
dc.date.available2020-07-15T12:54:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationHernández Liang, J. (2017). Algorithm for user-friendly password policy [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/376
dc.descriptionDesign Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.description.abstractPassword based security has become prevalent as the de facto measure against intrusion. Computer systems rarely focus on usability, and little research has been done to change the current, near universal method of implementation. This paper explores the weaknesses found in password based systems and how they can be mitigated. This will conclude with a new set of algorithms for validating passwords and creating baselines for setting minimum required strengths for password defense. This new metric allows for a wider diversity of possible passwords while maintaining security by assigning value to certain characteristics and requiring a minimum amount of security be achieved before accepting the password instead of relying on static requirements in minimum length and presence of character types. The new approach embraces password diversity and allows for trade-offs of different password elements in order to allow users to use a wider array of strategies at the moment of generating their passwords. Key Terms  Computer Security, Passwords, Privacy, Usability.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Science;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSummer-2017;
dc.relation.haspartSan Juanen_US
dc.subject.lcshComputer security
dc.subject.lcshComputers--Access control--Passwords
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research
dc.titleAlgorithm for User-friendly Password Policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Schoolen_US


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