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Many web sites, operating systems, and other types of software have been built to use passwords to authenticate users. Although the security community has been working over the years to move toward systems that use more sophisticated authentication mechanisms, it is likely that password systems will be in use for some time. Hence, it is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of passwords systems, and how to make them less vulnerable to attacks.
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© 2007 Neil Daswani, Christoph Kern, and Anita Kesavan
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(2007). Password Security. In: Foundations of Security. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0377-3_9
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