• Nahri Syeda Noorunnisa
• Dr. Khan Rahat Afreen

It is seen from the recent data breaches that a large number of users use weak passwords and also reuse the same on different websites. Cryptographic hash function is used to protect the passwords before storing them in the database. But when the passwords are weak, these cryptographic hash functions can get compromised as there are many hash cracking tools easily available. The security level of Password-Based Encryption (PBE) scheme is also affected due to selection of weak passwords as the message in PBE is encrypted under a password. PBE is used to protect sensitive data and mostly used in Password Managers. A software application like a Password Manager (PM) help users compiles small database of login credentials such as passwords and their associated accounts. It is encrypted with a master password and thus this master password becomes vulnerable to brute force cracking. The proposed approach aims to develop a secure Password Manager that uses Honey Encryption technique for preventing the passwords from brute face attacks. In this paper we present a framework, which uses Honey Encryption technique for securing the stored passwords with the combined technique of One Time Pad, for additional security.

based Encryption, Password Managers, Brute Force attack, Honey Encryption, One Time Pad.

"Honey Encryption based Password Manager", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.428-432, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905H71.pdf

"Honey Encryption based Password Manager", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp428-432, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905H71.pdf