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Password Authentication

Password Authentication is a method of identity verification within the broader category of authentication mechanisms, distinguished by its reliance on a secret string of characters known only to the user and the system to establish access rights.

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Password authentication with insecure communication

Leslie Lamport · Communications of the ACM · 1981 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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The Quest to Replace Passwords: A Framework for Comparative Evaluation of Web Authentication Schemes

Joseph Bonneau, Cormac Herley, Paul C. van Oorschot et al. · 2012 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Password security

Robert Morris, Ken Thompson · Communications of the ACM · 1979 · 930 citations · Full text

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Generating Cancelable Fingerprint Templates

Nalini Ratha, Sharat Chikkerur, Jonathan H. Connell et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence · 2007 · 876 citations

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The design and analysis of graphical passwords

Ian H. Jermyn, Alain Mayer, Fabian Monrose et al. · Durham Research Online (Durham University) · 1999 · 733 citations · Full text

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    Lorrie Faith Cranor

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    19 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Paul C. van Oorschot

    Carleton University, Canada

    21 publications · 3.1K citations

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    Nicolas Christin

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    18 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Min‐Shiang Hwang

    National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Robert Biddle

    Carleton University, Canada

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    28 h-index

    154 publications

    21.5K citations

  2. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    26 h-index

    90 publications

    7.3K citations

  3. Xidian University

    Xi'an, China

    21 h-index

    93 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. King Saud University

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    17 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. National Chung Hsing University

    Taichung, Taiwan

    16 h-index

    29 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    15 h-index

    55 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. Computers & Security

    52 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. International Journal of Communication Systems

    24 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. IEICE Transactions on Communications

    19 publications · 854 citations

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  5. Security and Communication Networks

    23 publications · 784 citations

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