Password secured systems and negative authentication
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890940995-MIT.pdf
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Full printable version
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5.51 MB
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Author(s)
Madero, Alvaro
Advisor(s)
Abel Sanchez.
Date Issued
2013
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Today's industry, government, and critical infrastructure are dependent on software systems. In their absence, our modern world would come to a stop. Given our dependence, the mounting cyber threat is of critical concern. In the majority of our systems, passwords are the keys to the system. Unfortunately, there has been little innovation and vulnerabilities keep mounting. Even with established and well known defenses, no authority has emerged to establish policies or laws that guarantee their implementation. The response has been more complex passwords. This is not working. This thesis presents the state of the practice in password systems and introduces work in Negative Authentication and its implementations.
Description
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2013.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-52).
Subjects
Engineering Systems Division.
System Design and Management Program.
MIT Department
System Design and Management Program.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
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