Passwords - Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Passwords
2. Basic Concepts
3. Psychology Issues on Passwords
3.1 Social Engineering
3.2 Reliable Password Entry
3.3 Remembering the Password
4. Design Errors & Operational Issues
4.1 A Bad Mnemonic System For Saving Bank Pins
5. System Issues
5.1 Protecting Oneself or Others?
5.2 Intrusion Detection Issues
5.3 Can Users be Trained?
5.4 Growing Need for Security Data
6. Attacks on Passwords / Protection of Passwords
6.1 Interface Design
6.2 Eavesdropping
6.3 The Need for Trusted Path
6.4 Password Retry Counters
6.5 Attacks on Password Storage
6.5.1 Attacks via the Audit Trail
6.5.2 One-Way Encryption
6.5.3 Password Cracking
6.5.4 Brute-Force Method
6.6 Absolute Limits
7. Summary