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User authentication based on the chess graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder surfing

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This paper proposes a shoulder-surfing-resistant method for authenticating computer-system users, which is based on the graphical password and gesture (move) selected by the user similar to the movements of chess pieces. The resistance of the password system to a variety of attacks has been estimated. Results of the microergonometric study of this password system are provided.

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  1. Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, St. Petersburg, Russia

    V. A. Yakovlev & V. V. Arkhipov

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Yakovlev, V.V. Arkhipov, 2015, published in Problemy Informatsionnoi Bezopasnosti. Komp’yuternye Sistemy.

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Yakovlev, V.A., Arkhipov, V.V. User authentication based on the chess graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder surfing. Aut. Control Comp. Sci. 49, 803–812 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411615080350

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