Password security : A case history

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This paper describes the history of the design of the password security scheme on a remotely accessed time-sharing system. The present design was the result of countering observed attempts to penetrate the system. The result is a compromise between extreme security and ease of use.

Communications of ACM Nov.1979, Vol. 22, Num. 11, p. 594-597.