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Three Dimensional Password For More Secure Authentication: Name: Manila M V ROLL NO: CS08M028
Three Dimensional Password For More Secure Authentication: Name: Manila M V ROLL NO: CS08M028
NAME:MANILAMV ROLLNO:CS08M028
ThreeDimensionalPasswordforMoreSecureAuthentication
ExistingSystem
Currentauthenticationsystemssufferfrommanyweaknesses.Textualpasswordsarecommonly used.Userstendtochoosemeaningfulwordsfromdictionaries,whichmaketextualpasswordseasyto breakandvulnerabletodictionaryorbruteforceattacks.Manyavailablegraphicalpasswordshavea passwordspacethatislessthanorequaltothetextualpasswordspace.Smartcardsortokenscanbe stolen. Many biometric authentications have been proposed. However, users tend to resist using biometricsbecauseoftheirintrusivenessandtheeffectontheirprivacy.Moreover,biometricscannot berevoked.
DescriptionoftheproposedSystem
Theuserispresentedwitha3Dvirtualenvironmentwherethe usernavigatesand interactswithvariousobjects.Thesequenceofactionsandinteractionstowardtheobjectsinsidethe 3Denvironmentconstructstheusers3Dpassword.The3Dpassword cancombinemostexisting authentication schemes such as textual passwords, graphical passwords, and various types of biometricsintoa3Dvirtualenvironment.Thedesignofthe3Dvirtualenvironmentandthetypeof objectsselecteddeterminethe3Dpasswordkeyspace. The3Dpasswordisamultifactorauthenticationscheme.Itcancombineallexisting authenticationschemesintoasingle3Dvirtualenvironment.This3Dvirtualenvironmentcontains severalobjectsoritemswithwhichtheusercaninteract.Thetypeofinteractionvariesfromoneitem toanother.The3Dpasswordisconstructedbyobservingtheactionsandinteractionsoftheuserand byobservingthesequencesofsuchactions.Itistheuserschoicetoselectwhichtypeof 1
authenticationtechniqueswillbepartoftheir3Dpassword.Thisisachievedthroughinteractingonly withtheobjectsthatacquireinformationthattheuseriscomfortableinprovidingandignoringthe objectsthatrequestinformationthattheuserprefersnottoprovide.Forexample,ifanitemrequestsan iris scan and the user is not comfortable in providing such information, the user simply avoids interacting with that item. Moreover, giving the user the freedom of choice as to what type of authenticationschemeswillbepartoftheir3Dpasswordandgiventhelargenumberofobjectsand itemsintheenvironment,thenumberofpossible3Dpasswordswillincrease.Thus,itbecomesmuch moredifficultfortheattackertoguesstheusers3Dpassword.