3-D Password Scheme

Name: Rahul Bangha Semester:8th Branch: Computer Science Enrollment No: SGVU091083096 Suresh Gyan Vihar University For more secure authentication

Authentication
Authentication is a process of validating who are you to whom you claimed to be Human authentication techniques are as follows:

1. Knowledge Base (What you know) 2. Token Based(what you have) 3. Biometrics(what you are)
4. Recognition Based(What you recognise)

Common Authentication Techniques used in computer world

1.

Textual Passwords(Recall Based)-:Recall what you have created before.

2.

Graphical Passwords:

(Recall Based+Recognition Based)

Biometric schemes
(fingerprints,voice recognition etc)

Drawbacks

Textual Password:

Textual Passwords should be easy to remember at the same time easy to guess Full password space for 8 characters consisting of both numbers and characters is 2 X 10 From an research 25% of the passwords out of 15,000 users can guessed correctly by using brute force dictionary

Drawbacks

Graphical Password Graphical passwords can be easily

recorded as these schemes take a long time. One main drawback of applying biometric is its intrusiveness upon a users personnel characteristics. They require special scanning device to authenticate the user which is not acceptable for remote and internet users normally.

3D PASSWORD SCHEME
The 3D Password scheme is a new authentication scheme that combine RECOGNITION + RECALL +TOKENS +BIOMETRIC In one authentication system

The 3D password presents a virtual environment containing various virtual objects.

The user walks through the environment and interacts with the objects The 3d Password is simply the combination and sequence of user interactions that occur in the 3D environment

3D Password selection

Virtual objects can be any object we encounter in real life:

A A A A A A A A
computer on which the user can type fingerprint reader that requires users fingerprint paper or white board on which user can type Automated teller(ATM) machine that requires a token light that can be switched on/off television or radio car that can be driven graphical password scheme

For EXAMPLE: Let us assume the user enters a virtual office then performs the following action:
(10,24,91) Action=Open office door (10,24,91) Action=Close office door (4,34,18) Action=Tpeine,C (4,34,18) Action=Typing,O (4,34,18)Action=Typing,N (10,24,80)Action=Pick up the pen (1,18,80)Action=Draw point=(330,130)

3D Passwords Differentiators
Flexibility:3D

Passwords allows Multifactor authentication biometric , textual passwords can be embedded in 3D password technology. Strength: This scenario provides almost unlimited passwords possibility. Ease to Memorize: can be remembered in the form of short story. Respect of Privacy: Organizers can select authentication schemes that respect users privacy.

3D Password Application Areas

Critical Servers Nuclear and military Facilities Airplanes and JetFighters ATMs,Desktop and Laptop Logins, Web Authentication

Attacks and Countermeasures

Brute Force Attack: The attack is very difficult

because 1. Time required to login may vary form 20s to 2 min therefore it is very time consuming. 2. Cost of Attack: A 3D Virtual environment may contain biometric object ,the attacker has to forge all biometric information.

Attacks and Countermeasures

Well Studied Attack: Attacker tries to get the most probable distribution of 3D Password. This is difficult because attacker has to perform customized attack for different virtual environment .

Shoulder Surfing Attacks: Attacker uses

camera to record the users 3D passwords. This attack is more successful.

Timing Attack: The Attacker observes how

long it takes the legitimate user to perform correct log in using 3D Password. Which gives an indication of 3-D Passwords length. This attack cannot be successful since it gives the attacker mere hints.

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