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Password security: a case history
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This paper describes the history of the design of the password security scheme on a remotely accessed time-sharing system. The present design was the result of countering observed attempts to penetrate the system. The result is a compromise between extreme security and ease of use.
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Ritchie, D. M., & Thompson, K. (1974) · Communications of the ACM · doi:10.1145/361011.361061 · Cited by 826
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- Authors
- Morris, R., & Thompson, K.
- Venue
- Communications of the ACM
- Published
- 1979-11
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 594-597
- ISSN
- 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7317
- OpenAlex
- W2149929743
- Cited by
- 926
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 4.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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