Secure Usable Authentication Using Strong Pass text Passwords

Abstract

Traditional alphanumeric passwords used for remote user authentication does not offer both usability and security. Graphical passwords were proposed as an alternative to these textual passwords for improving usability and security. This paper proposes a remote user authentication scheme, which extends the existing pass text scheme. The usability and security of the proposed scheme is analyzed. Using Morea tool the Usability of the proposed scheme is investigated. Index Terms—Authentication, Graphical passwords, Pass Text passwords, Usability.