PATTERN-BASED GRID AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

The purpose of this document is to enlist the software requirements and specifications for the “pattern-based grid authentication system” which will be a new added feature to the authentication framework. User authentication is an indispensable part of secure system. Traditional authentication methods have been proved to be vulnerable to different types of security attacks. artificial intelligence is being applied to crack textual passwords and even CAPTCHAs are being dismantled within a few attempts. Existing classical authentication such as textual passwords and pattern-locks are prone to various attacks. The most popular textual-based password system is prone to shoulder surfing attacks. Another popular authentication method which is pattern lock scheme method, is widely used on mobile devices. However, numerous research studies show that users choose patterns from a small space which makes them vulnerable to a variety of attacks such as guessing attacks, shoulder-surfing attacks and smudge attacks. By this project, we will allow users to use a recall-based pattern-grid authentication system that is an advancement over these traditional systems. Our system will help in preventing user’s personal assets from being stolen by their adversaries and provide an easy safe and secure way to login to any site.