Password Cracker

Inspiration

We were inspired to make this program due to the rise in cyber attacks as of recently. We believe this program can help to educated people on the importance of having a strong password.

What it does

The program gives the user two hints about a person, such as their cat's name and the month they were born in. From there, the user enters phrases such as "whiskers12" until they guess the password correctly.

How we built it

We built the program in java by creating a Keyword class to hold a hint and half of the password. From there, we made an ArrayList to hold over 25 unique Keyword classes. The game began by randomly selecting two of the classes and combining their password pieces together, allowing for far over 300 unique combinations. It gives the user 2 hints, one for each part, and the user guesses from there.

Challenges we ran into

Our main challenge was determining a way to create an interesting game that our audience could take cybersecurity skills away from.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're mostly proud of how well we worked together on the project and how neatly the whole thing came together.

What we learned

We learned more about cybersecurity through research of common passwords people use and improved on our collaboration skills.

What's next for Password Cracker

We were thinking of creating a library for the Keyword class to use instead of hardcoding constructors in.

Built With

• java