Friday, February 19, 2016

The problem of the strong and memorable password has been already resolved.

The authorization and authentication based on login and password is a very old story. There are obvious pros and cons of this way of getting access to restricted resources. Passwords are the most popular and the most attacked way of authentication. Passwords are based on something user knows, no hardware or software are required. Passwords are really cheap in terms of implementation but may be pricey in terms of effects of successful attacks. The main problem is strong versus memorable. We humans tend to remember things containing some emotional charge. The problem is that strong passwords are without any emotional value, so they are impossible to remember. Can you imagine a person trying to remember something as awful and boring like : 1lmIJBi7*UeE ? This problem of contradiction between memorable password and strong password has been successfully resolved. So usual people do not have to torture their brains by trying to keeping in mind monsters like 1lmIJBi7*UeE or 0BOwlsSiB6lwX! , let leave this activity to unusual people. What about passwords based on someone's favorite painter, composer or writer ? The solution is simple and easy to Anolog.net service convert something you know, remember and like ( or dislike ) to horrific creatures like mentioned above 1lmIJBi7*UeE . Let's decipher the 1lmIJBi7*UeE which is a password generated from famous Italian painter Titian and 0BOwlsSiB6lwX! is a password generated from famous Italian composer, violinist and Roman Catholic priest Antonio Vivaldi. The steps to generate password are very simple;
  • visit http://anolog.net
  • Type first letters of the wiki article you would like to use for password generation, click the selected icon and article title;
  • when the article is ready click Generate Password tab, the default 12 characters long password is ready to use!