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A Comparative Study of Three Random Password Generators
Abstract — This paper compares three random password generation schemes, describing and analyzing each. It also reports the results of a small study testing the quality of the passwords generated by the schemes. Qualities discussed include security, memorability, and user affinity. Improvements to the schemes and experiment are suggested. This paper was presented at the IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference, EIT 2007. Download
BibTex:@inproceedings{
pwdgen2007,
author = {Michael D. Leonhard and V. N. Venkatakrishnan},
title = {A Comparative Study of Three Random Password Generators},
booktitle = {EIT'07: Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference
on Electro/Information Technology},
year = {2007},
isbn = {1-4244-0931-1}
pages = {271--276}
location = {Chicago, Illinois}
month = may,
url = "http://tamale.net/pub/2007/pwdgen/"
}
Source Code
Download: pwdgen.src.tar.gz (24 KB) QuestionnairesWe performed the study using two questionnaires. The paper had space for only two of the four pages, so we provide them all here: questionnaires.pdf or questionnaires.ps.gz. We also provide the raw data obtained from the questionnaires: rawdata.csv WordPress PluginDownload version 0.1: pwdgen.php.gz Version 0.1 Status: The plugin is currently under development. The user interface works well. The password generators are not yet implemented in PHP, so the plugin always assigns the same password. We are making minor improvements to the generators in preparation for our next experiment. This plugin was developed for WordPress version 2.0.4, but it should work with more recent versions. The plugin is a single source code file, pwdgen.php. It does not require any modifications to WordPress. For installation instructions, please read WordPress: Managing Plugins. Page updated 2007-12-29 Online articles have much greater impact.
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