| Project Description: | Authentication is the first step of defense against any attack which compromises
integrity and confidentiality of the data. The traditional authentication methods like the
password based authentication and the token based authentication are commonly used but
are susceptible to various attacks such as the dictionary attack, guessing attack and keylogger
attack. Even the biometric authentication method is susceptible to replay attack
and also the cost involved with it is not easily affordable by everyone. The alternative to
the text based and biometric based authentication methods is the graphical based
authentication method. This paper proposes a puzzle based authentication method with
the help of server monitoring to produce a secure authentication mechanism. This
proposed mechanism would overcome the loopholes present in the traditional
authentication methods. With the help of the puzzle based authentication approach, the
server would keep a watch on suspicious behavior and would block the request if any
suspicious behavior takes place. |
