Graphical dictionaries and the memorable space of graphical passwords

Proceedings of the 13th USENIX Security Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Thorpe, Julie ^a   Van Oorschot, P C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS;

BRUTE FORCE; GRAPHICAL PASSWORD; PASSWORD SPACES; TEXTUAL PASSWORDS;

AUTHENTICATION;

EID: 85084163855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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