Password Re-entry Authentication for Security and Convenience
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional password-based authentication systems face challenges in balancing security and user convenience, as users often struggle to remember complex passwords, leading to incorrect entries and data security vulnerabilities due to the use of simpler or reused passwords.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that authenticates users based on the re-entry of a correct password a predefined number of times, providing an additional layer of security by requiring multiple correct entries rather than a single complex password, while allowing simpler passwords to be used.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users set strong complex passwords to ensure security, then data protection from unauthorized access is improved, but user convenience deteriorates as users struggle to remember and correctly enter complex passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication process is segmented into multiple independent password entry steps. Instead of relying on a single complex password, the system divides authentication into sequential password entries (e.g., first password, second password), where each entry is simpler but collectively provides strong security through the combination of multiple correct entries required.
2Ease of operation
If users use simpler passwords to improve convenience, then ease of operation is improved, but security deteriorates as simple passwords are vulnerable to attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a temporal dimension to password authentication by requiring multiple password entries over time. Instead of relying solely on password complexity (one-dimensional security), the system introduces the dimension of repeated verification, where simple passwords become secure through the requirement of multiple correct sequential entries, effectively transforming the security model from static to dynamic.
3Reliability
If multiple password entries are required to enhance security, then reliability is improved, but the authentication process time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial verification by not requiring all password entries to be perfectly accurate to proceed, but rather using the sequence of entries to progressively verify identity. The authentication process accepts partial correct entries and uses contextual verification to determine authenticity, reducing the time penalty while maintaining security through the cumulative verification of multiple entries.
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AI summary
An electronic device and method for authentication of users based on re-entry of passwords is provided. The electronic device retrieves a pre-stored password associated with a user and a predefined number associated with the retrieved pre-stored password. The retrieved predefined number corresponds to a number of times an entry of a correct password is required for an authentication of the user. The electronic device receives a set of user inputs that corresponds to an entered password associated with the user. The electronic device compares, for the number of times associated with the user, the entered password in each user input with the retrieved pre-stored password. The electronic device determines that the entered password in each user input corresponds to the retrieved pre-stored password, based on the comparison. The electronic device authenticates the user based on the determination and controls a display device to render authentication information based on the authentication.