Chapter 13, Problem 13.9E

Explanation of Solution

Validating a password protection system:

Verification and validation processes for a password protection system must focus on security assessment.

Validating a password protection systems are:

• First one needs to identify possible threats. Some of the threats for password protection system are:
  • Attacker gains access without a password.
  • Attacker guesses a password of an authorized user.
  • Users make passwords available to attackers.
  • Attacker uses a password cracking tool to discover passwords of authorized users...