The invention discloses an identity
authentication improving method for a pattern puzzle
password in an Android
system, and mainly aims to solve the problem of potential safety
hazard due to revealing of the use
habit of a user in practical application of existing Android pattern puzzle. An implementation scheme comprises the following steps: (1) setting a pattern puzzle
password interface; (2) setting an
authentication interface of the pattern puzzle
password; (3) inputting a password pattern on the pattern puzzle password interface, and reading the character
string representation form of the password pattern; (4) inputting a pattern to be authenticated on the pattern puzzle password interface or the
authentication interface of the pattern puzzle password, and reading the character
string representation form of the pattern to be authenticated; and (5) comparing whether or not the character string expression ways of the pattern to be authenticated and the password pattern are consistent in order to verify the identity. Through adoption of the identity authentication improving method, the password space is enlarged on the basis of the existing Android pattern puzzle; the security is enhanced; and the defense capability specific to dictionary attacks and
brute force attacks is enhanced. The identity authentication improving method can be applied to identity authentication of graphical equipment such as smart phones.