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Toss Out Your Passwords - Bring On Passfaces(TM) Instead!
By Mark Merkow, CCP, CISSP
April 1, 1999

Success!

 

Figure 5 shows the results of a successful log-in challenge using Passfaces.


Figure 5
Challenge Results Screen


The Ultimate Answer?

Can Passfaces supplant user passwords for the long haul? While it doesn''t seem too likely that they will, they''re certainly an evolutionary improvement over traditional password-based authentication systems.

As new, bleeding-edge technologies, like Digital certificates, SmartCards, and Biometrics move into the mainstream, operators of systems with large user bases are more likely to adopt one or more of them, but for now Passfaces makes a terrific alternative. Best of all -- they''re FREE!

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