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Password Memorability and Security: Empirical Results
September-October 2004 (vol. 2 no. 5)
pp. 25-31
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Jeff Yan, Alan , Ross , Alasdair , "Password Memorability and Security: Empirical Results," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 25-31, September-October, 2004.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2004.81,
author = {Jeff Yan and Alan and Ross and Alasdair },
title = {Password Memorability and Security: Empirical Results},
journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy},
volume = {2},
number = {5},
issn = {1540-7993},
year = {2004},
pages = {25-31},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2004.81},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Security and Privacy
TI - Password Memorability and Security: Empirical Results
IS - 5
SN - 1540-7993
SP25
EP31
EPD - 25-31
A1 - Jeff Yan,
A1 - Alan ,
A1 - Ross ,
A1 - Alasdair ,
PY - 2004
KW - passwords
KW - security
KW - usability
VL - 2
JA - IEEE Security and Privacy
ER -
 
Jeff Yan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Alan, Cambridge University
Ross, Cambridge University
Alasdair, Cambridge University
Users rarely choose passwords that are both hard to guess and easy to remember. To determine how to help users choose good passwords, the authors performed a controlled trial of the effects of giving users different kinds of advice. Some of their results challenge the established wisdom.
Index Terms:
passwords, security, usability
Citation:
Jeff Yan, Alan , Ross , Alasdair , "Password Memorability and Security: Empirical Results," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 25-31, Sept. 2004, doi:10.1109/MSP.2004.81
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