Authenticating users by word association

Authenticating users by word association

Testing word associations, as an extension of simple password entry, may be a practical means of verifying the identity of individual computer users. If each user specifies his/her own cue-response associations, then responses will be easy to remember. It should be easy for legitimate users to respo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Computers & security 1987-12, Vol.6 (6), p.464-470
1. Verfasser: Smith, Sidney L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Access
Associative memory
Computer security
Cybersecurity
Identification
Passwords
Personal
Responses
User identification
Users
Words
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Zusammenfassung:Testing word associations, as an extension of simple password entry, may be a practical means of verifying the identity of individual computer users. If each user specifies his/her own cue-response associations, then responses will be easy to remember. It should be easy for legitimate users to respond correctly to word association testing, but virtually impossible for potential intruders. Such testing should also prove easy for a computer to process.
ISSN:0167-4048
1872-6208
DOI:10.1016/0167-4048(87)90027-7