%A M. Atif Qureshi %A Arjumand Younus %A Arslan Ahmed Khan %J M. A. Qureshi, A. Younus and A. A. Khan, "Philosophical Survey of Passwords", International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI, Volume 2, pp8-12, August 2009 %T Philosophical Survey of Passwords %X Over the years security experts in the field of Information Technology have had a tough time in making passwords secure. This paper studies and takes a careful look at this issue from the angle of philosophy and cognitive science. We have studied the process of passwords to rank its strengths and weaknesses in order to establish a quality metric for passwords. Finally we related the process to human senses which enables us to propose a constitutional scheme for the process of password. The basic proposition is to exploit relationship between human senses and password to ensure improvement in authentication while keeping it an enjoyable activity. %K Context of password, password semantics, password cognition, constitution of password, knowledge-based authentication %V 1 %D 2009 %I International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI %L cogprints6691