Scientists Develop New Method To Improve Passwords

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany have developed a novel method to improve password security. A strong long password is split in two parts. The first part is memorized by a human. The second part is stored as a CAPTCHA-like image of a chaotic lattice system."

Comments

Re:RTA?

[pushing-robot]

That's the one with the $5 wrench, right?

Re:Belated April Fool Joke?

[kestasjk]

That lists which authors of that paper endorse other papers.

Perhaps analyze this idea for its own worth rather than look for silly reasons to discard it? How about that it relies on generating a secure password already, which would be hard for people to memorize, how the blind couldn't use it, or how it's really just the combination of two already common ideas?

Maybe I should patent

[rossdee]

Heres an extra layer of security for your password.
You take another post it note and stick it to your monitor over the top of the one with your password on. To access your password just lift up the top sticky note.

Re:Maybe I should patent

[Haedrian]

"The use of opaqueness of tree-derived substances in 3 dimensional space in order to secure against password disclosure through movement of waverforms through translucent media".

There, picked out a name for you.

Re:Finally, some real innovation.

[icebraining]

But they fail to realize that the private key is nothing more than a lengthy password

You don't quite understand how PKI works, do you?

and is in fact more susceptible to being stolen than a human-entered password is.

Uh, no, it's not, because a private key stays in one place - you computer - while the password is sent to each server, and you have to trust them to secure it properly. Which, as we have seen with Gawker, won't happen.