Persuasive Graphical Password Authentication Using Cued Click Point

  Abhilash Harishchandre,  Shrikar Ratnalikar,  Omkar Ratnaparkhi,  Kondiba Salve

Usable security has unique usability challenges because the need for security often means that standard human-computer-interaction approaches cannot be directly applied. An important usability goal for authentication systems is to support users in selecting better passwords. Users often create memorable passwords that are easy for attackers to guess, but strong system-assigned passwords are difficult for users to remember. So researchers of modern days have gone for alternative methods wherein graphical pictures are used as passwords. Graphical passwords essentially use images or representation of images as passwords. Human brain is good in remembering picture than textual character. There are various graphical password schemes or graphical password software in the market. However, very little research has been done to analyze graphical passwords that are still immature. There for, this project work merges persuasive cued click points, password guessing resistant protocol and file encryption application. The major goal of this work is to reduce the guessing as well as shoulder surfing attacks as well as encouraging users to select more random and difficult passwords to guess. Well known security threats like brute force attacks and dictionary attacks can be successfully abolished using this method.

Keywords- Authentication, graphical passwords, guessing attacks, computer security, Encryption

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1401170
Page Number(s) - 945-949
Pubished in - Volume 2 | Issue 1 | March 2014
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Abhilash Harishchandre,  Shrikar Ratnalikar,  Omkar Ratnaparkhi,  Kondiba Salve ,   "Persuasive Graphical Password Authentication Using Cued Click Point", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.2, Issue 1, pp.945-949, March 2014, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1401170.pdf