Picture password authentication method and picture password authentication device

Abstract

The invention discloses a picture password authentication method and a picture password authentication device. The picture password authentication method comprises the following steps that: initiating an authentication request, wherein the authentication request comprises unique identification related to a user; according to the unique identification, obtaining an authentication picture, and adding a plurality of pictures to form a picture group; requesting the user to select one picture; taking one picture selected by the user as a background picture, and in addition, forming a symbol matrix by alternative symbols during the generation of a picture password; enabling the user to move the symbol matrix in the background picture to move an authentication symbol to a position during the generation of the picture password; and determining whether the user selects a correct background picture or not, determining whether the authentication symbol is moved to the same position during the generation of the picture password or not, if the background pictures are correct, proving that user authentication is successful, and otherwise, proving that authentication fails. The authentication method and the authentication device of the invention are high in reliability, and are unlikely to generate the problems that the password is stolen and leaked and the like.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to password authentication technology, in particular to a picture password authentication method and a picture password authentication device. Background technique [0002] With the continuous advancement of computer technology and the increasing popularity of various personal computers, notebooks, tablet computers, and smart phones, the security of computer systems is becoming more and more important for individual or corporate users. Moreover, with the rapid development of the Internet, the situation of network security is becoming more and more complex and changeable. People are paying more and more attention to network security. Identity authentication is ubiquitous. Most authentications appear in the form of character passwords, such as operating system login passwords, website passwords, game Passwords, client passwords, phone passwords, etc. [0003] However, such character passwords, as the most commonly used means of ide...

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Problems solved by technology

[0009] Difficulty in remembering: complex passwords are difficult for users to remember, too simple or too regular and easy to be cracked

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