doi: 10.4304/jsw.9.2.293-297
A Large-Scale Study of Web Password Habits of Chinese Network Users
- 1 College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yudao Street 29, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210016, P.R. China
- 2 Department of Software Engineering Nanjing University of Posts and Communications Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Abstract
nowadays, more and more people in China areconnecting to Internet; the network environment becomesless secure due to large amount of network intruders.However, many of the network users tend to set easypasswords for their convenience. These vulnerablepasswords increase the risk of information leakage. So it isnecessary for us to analyze the habits and strength of thepasswords set by the Chinese network users. In this paper,we collect over 20 million pieces of data published on theInternet by network intruders and analyze the features ofpasswords through statistical methods. We find someinteresting patterns in order to quantify password strengththrough comprehensive analysis of password length, type,and other variables. Finally, we propose some suggestionsfor setting secure passwords.
Keywords
- password habits
- password strength
- Chin
How to Cite
Zhipeng Liu, Yefan Hong, and Dechang Pi, "A Large-Scale Study of Web Password Habits of Chinese Network Users," Journal of Software, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 293-297, 2014. https://doi.org/ 10.4304/jsw.9.2.293-297
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