RE: extra password protection idea.

Bill_Roswell_at_oxy.com
Date: 11/03/03

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To: <newsgroups@lf.lv>, <bakey@traq.com>

    This idea of key stroke timing was tried some 10 years ago and didn't
    fly well because of all the false authentications. Still the best, if
    you want more security is two factor authentication. Fingerprints are
    the cheapest, but also the easiest to defeat.

    Thanks,

    Bill
    Security Architect
    Occidental Petroleum Corporation
    Houston, Texas
    713-215-7976

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Peteris Krumins [mailto:newsgroups@lf.lv]
    Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 5:33 AM
    To: Brian Akey
    Cc: secureshell@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: extra password protection idea.

    Friday, October 31, 2003, 6:55:27 PM, you wrote:

    BA> I had an idea where you time each keystroke of the password and make
    a fingerprint of the password entry. I found that the time between each
    keystroke is pretty consistent. I thought it might be
    BA> an extra level of protect if openssh could use such a technique. I
    could give you my password but you still wouldn't be able to get into my
    account. It could be a option for the extra secure
    BA> accounts.

    Paranoid security.

    The time between each keystroke for me is different on each keyboard
    because of the location of the keys. On one keyboard special symbols
    like |\/<> are located elswhere. If my fingers dont know where those
    keys are I cant login as quickly. Also most of the password are typed
    subconscionesly, only the fingers know the password.

    For me a bright example is loggin onto the servers at data-center
    where each of the keyboards have different layout for some keys.

    P.Krumins

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