• DocumentCode
    1406540
  • Title

    Enhanced password authentication through fuzzy logic

  • Author

    De Ru, Williem G. ; Eloff, Jan H P

  • Author_Institution
    Rand Afrikaans Univ., Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    The authors have developed a software methodology that improves security by using typing biometrics to reinforce password authentication mechanisms. Typing biometrics is the analysis of a user´s keystroke patterns. Each user has a unique way of using the keyboard to enter a password; for example, each user types the characters that constitute the password at different speeds. The methodology employs fuzzy logic to measure the user´s typing biometrics. This reinforcement is transparent-indiscernible to the users while they are entering the normal authentication
  • Keywords
    authorisation; biometrics (access control); fuzzy logic; fuzzy logic; keyboard; keystroke patterns; password authentication; security; software methodology; typing biometrics; Authentication; Biometrics; Computer security; Fasteners; Fuzzy logic; Helium; Keyboards; Operating systems; Pattern analysis; Resource management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Expert
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-9000
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/64.642960
  • Filename
    642960