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Verifying Passwords By the Way They're Typed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-feel-safer-already dept.

Zothecula writes "There are good passwords and bad passwords, but none of them are totally secure. Researchers at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, are working on strengthening an approach to password security that's not just about what you type, but how you type it (abstract)." Note that the actual paper appears to be behind some crappy paywall: hopefully the research exists elsewhere on-line.

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  1. how will it know? by i.r.id10t · · Score: 5, Informative

    How would such a system know if I am typing on my normal keyboard vs. using an on-screen one on a tablet vs. using a coworkers "ergonomic" keyboard vs. being interrupted in the middle of typing my password by my kids?

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    1. Re:how will it know? by cdrudge · · Score: 5, Interesting

      It doesn't. My bank used such a service for a while before it stopped due to complaints. If you made a mistake, paused, etc you would need to start over. Backspace automatically did it for you. It was a major PITA when my wife would log in to our bank account, then I would try. It always seemed to remember her slow typing but not mine. Plus, it would reject me if I used the number pad to enter the account number because digits there were different keys apparently then the digits on the top row.

  2. Quit posting articles w/ paywalls by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Note that the actual paper appears to be behind some crappy paywall

    Then don't post it until you find a reference w/o a paywall. Period.