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Password Entropy

Password Entropy is a metric in information security that quantifies the unpredictability of a password by measuring the logarithmic number of possible combinations an attacker must exhaustively search through to guess it, distinguishing it from other password strength indicators by its foundation in information theory.

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2017–2026

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On user choice in graphical password schemes

Darren Davis, Fabian Monrose, Michael K. Reiter · 2004 · 453 citations

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Testing metrics for password creation policies by attacking large sets of revealed passwords

Matt Weir, Sudhir Aggarwal, Michael Collins et al. · 2010 · 411 citations

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Of passwords and people

Saranga Komanduri, Richard Shay, Patrick Gage Kelley et al. · 2011 · 349 citations

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A convenient method for securely managing passwords

J. Alex Halderman, Brent Waters, Edward W. Felten · 2005 · 209 citations

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Modeling user choice in the PassPoints graphical password scheme

Ahmet Emir Dırık, Nasir Memon, Jean-Camille Birget · 2007 · 208 citations

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Authors

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    Ian Oakley

    Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  2. SK
    Saranga Komanduri

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    2 publications · 404 citations

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  3. SS
    Shamik Sengupta

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. RK
    Ravi Kuber

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    1 publications · 70 citations

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  5. NC
    Nicolas Christin

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    1 publications · 349 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Inner Mongolia University

    Hohhot, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  3. United States Naval Academy

    Annapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    906 citations

  5. University of Khartoum

    Khartoum, Sudan

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    100 citations

  6. Cisco Systems (United States)

    San Jose, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    411 citations

  7. Applied Human Factors (United States)

    Helotes, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  8. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

    TDSC · 1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. Americas Conference on Information Systems

    Conference · 1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. Procedia Computer Science

    1 publications · 11 citations

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