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The Problems with Passwords


{LANG_NAVORIGIN} Authentication Passwords
By: ArticSoft Ltd, 03/22/2004



Most current password systems for the Internet are flawed. Designs that were almost acceptable 10 and 15 years ago have not been updated. Instead of moving to integrating authentication services under a cryptographically sound approach the IT industry has continued to proliferate multiple incompatible systems. Users are increasingly exposed by suppliers who feel no pressure to do anything better. There are parallels with the situation where web site page design methods are increasingly being rejected by security software because they represent known security weaknesses that have been exploited by hackers and viruses.

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