Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Developing web application that handles valuable information requires an authentication using user identifications (IDs) to control the system access. An ID may contain a username and password. One of the security issues that often occur is that the ID can be stolen by a malicious user for abusive purposes which negatively causes damage to the ID owner. Today, there are many techniques and methods presented to prevent the theft. One of them is to use virtual password. The researcher has proposed a new strategy to enhance system security using the principle of virtual password by creating a virtual character set to randomly matches the real character set and then the output is sent to the server for system-access right verification. The researcher tested the proposed strategy by developing a PHP-language system and analyzed the system security. The finding revealed that the system was secure and was able to prevent itself from various threats i.e. sniffing, phishing, key-logger, and shoulder-surfing. Finally, system performance of the proposed strategy was evaluated and compared against the traditional system. The comparison indicated that the proposed strategy was suitable for use on small to medium systems.
Author: Sarawan, Kamthorn
Institution: Kalasin University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7215316484