Persuasive Cued Click-Points: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Knowledge-Based Authentication Mechanism

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Persuasive Cued Click-Points: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Knowledge-Based Authentication Mechanism

Abstract:

            This paper presents an integrated evaluation of the Persuasive Cued Click-Points graphical password scheme, including usability and security evaluations, and implementation considerations. An important usability goal for knowledge-based authentication systems is to support users in selecting passwords of higher security, in the sense of being from an expanded effective security space. We use persuasion to influence user choice in click-based graphical passwords, encouraging users to select more random, and hence more difficult to guess, click-points.

Existing System:

            Text passwords are the most popular user authentication method, but have security and usability problems. Alternatives such as biometric systems and tokens have their own drawbacks. The problems of knowledge-based authentication, typically text-based passwords, are well known. Users often create memorable passwords that are easy for attackers to guess, but strong system-assigned passwords are difficult for users to remember.

Proposed System:

            We applied this approach to create the first persuasive click-based graphical password system, Persuasive Cued Click-Points (PCCP), and conducted user studies evaluating usability and security. This systematic examination provides a comprehensive and integrated evaluation of PCCP covering both usability and security issues, to advance understanding as is prudent before practical deployment of new security mechanisms. We compared PCCP to text passwords and two related graphical password systems. Results show that PCCP is effective at reducing hotspots (areas of the image where users are more likely to select click-points) and avoiding patterns formed by click-points within a password, while still maintaining usability.

                                                                                   

Software and Hardware Requirements

Hardware Required:                            

System                                    :           Pentium IV

Hard Disk                   :           80 GB

RAM                           :           512 MB

Software Required:

Operating System       :           Windows XP

Language                    :           C#

Database                     :           SQL Server 2005

Modules:

·         Uploading CCP-Images

·         User Registration

·         User Authentication

·         Boundary Detection