Master Password is a type of algorithm first implemented by Maarten Billemont for creating unique passwords in a reproducible manner. It differs from...
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Diceware Hardware random number generator Key size Master Password (algorithm) Password length parameter Password manager Ghazvininejad, Marjan; Knight, Kevin...
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Microsoft Windows 95, Password Safe used Schneier's Blowfish algorithm to encrypt passwords and other sensitive data. Although Password Safe was released...
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Key derivation function (redirect from Password Based Key Derivation Function)
(KDF) is a cryptographic algorithm that derives one or more secret keys from a secret value such as a master key, a password, or a passphrase using a...
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the password (OTPs are valid only for a short period of time) Using a mathematical algorithm to generate a new password based on the previous password (OTPs...
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increasing computation power. The bcrypt function is the default password hash algorithm for OpenBSD,[non-primary source needed] and was the default for...
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plaintext password. When a user types in a password on such a system, the password handling software runs through a cryptographic hash algorithm, and if...
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the HMAC-Based One-time Password (HOTP) algorithm specified in RFC 4226 and the Time-based One-time Password (TOTP) algorithm specified in RFC 6238. "Google...
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Password Policy" by which different passwords can be created. The original Password Safe was built on Bruce Schneier's Blowfish encryption algorithm....
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Passwd (redirect from Shadow passwords)
a user's password. The password entered by the user is run through a key derivation function to create a hashed version of the new password, which is...
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KeePass (redirect from KeePass Password Safe)
encrypted file. This file can be protected by any combination of a master password, a key file, and the current Windows account details. By default, the...
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Scrypt (category Cryptographic algorithms)
a password-based key derivation function created by Colin Percival in March 2009, originally for the Tarsnap online backup service. The algorithm was...
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MD5 (redirect from MD5 - A Message Digest Algorithm)
Wikifunctions has a function related to this topic. The MD5 message-digest algorithm is a widely used hash function producing a 128-bit hash value. MD5 was...
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KWallet (category Free password managers)
to use for a new wallet. User stil can encrypt passwords with Blowfish symmetric block cipher algorithm since GNU Privacy Guard encrtpytion library includes...
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electronic commerce, chip-based payment cards, digital currencies, computer passwords, and military communications. Cryptography prior to the modern age was...
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PBKDF2 (category Password authentication)
In cryptography, PBKDF1 and PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function 1 and 2) are key derivation functions with a sliding computational cost, used...
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Security token (section Password types)
Each password is unique, even when previous passwords are known. The open-source OATH algorithm is standardized;[citation needed] other algorithms are...
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A password policy is a set of rules designed to enhance computer security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords and use them properly. A password...
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Hashcat (category Password cracking software)
Password Cracking". Passwords. Bruce Schneier. 19 September 2012. "Hashcat [hashcat wiki]". "PRINCE: modern password guessing algorithm" (PDF). Hashcat site...
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Quantum computing (redirect from Quantum search algorithms)
database through which the algorithm iterates is that of all possible answers. An example and possible application of this is a password cracker that attempts...
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shortest path between two points and cracking passwords. Divide and conquer A divide-and-conquer algorithm repeatedly reduces a problem to one or more smaller...
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different programs and operating systems, and assures that they all implement password management in a secure and documented manner. LUKS is used to encrypt a...
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first. user password (or smart card private key): used to generate a decryption key to decrypt the user's DPAPI Master Key DPAPI Master Key: used to...
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Password synchronization is a process, usually supported by software such as password managers, through which a user maintains a single password across...
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Internet security (section Password managers)
Cryptographic Principles, Algorithms and Protocols. Chichester: Wiley. ISBNÂ 0-470-85285-2. "101 Data Protection Tips: How to Keep Your Passwords, Financial & Personal...
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One-key MAC (section Algorithm)
authentication codes constructed from a block cipher much like the CBC-MAC algorithm. It may be used to provide assurance of the authenticity and, hence, the...
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Microsoft Word (section Password protection)
brute-force attack speed down to several hundreds of passwords per second. Word's 2010 protection algorithm was not changed apart from the increasing number...
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a colon, followed by a string containing the hashed password optionally prepended by an algorithm specifier ("$2y$", "$apr1$" or "{SHA}") and/or salt...
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replaces the need for a pre-established password between the client and the AAA server. The A3/A8 algorithms are being run a few times, with different...
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password store, often secured with a built-in password manager to allow the use of a "master password" before credentials can be autofilled. Most of...
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