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Pushing on String: The 'Don't Care' Region of Password Strength.

The article discusses the efficacy of methods for defending password-protected networks from guessing attacks, including enterprises that impose stringent password-composition policies. Topics include research suggesting that stringent passwords do not always reduce the likelihood of successful gues...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 11; pp. 66 - 75
Autores principales: FLORÊNCIO, DINEI, HERLEY, CORMAC, VAN OORSCHOT, PAUL C.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Nov2016
Materias:
Computer password security
Computer security
Cyberterrorism
Counterterrorism
Phishing
Computer security vulnerabilities
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Sumario:The article discusses the efficacy of methods for defending password-protected networks from guessing attacks, including enterprises that impose stringent password-composition policies. Topics include research suggesting that stringent passwords do not always reduce the likelihood of successful guessing attacks, the use of phishing email messages once an attacker has access to an internal account, and differences in the password strength required to resist online and offline guessing attacks.