!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] [Authentication Method] is an interactive method for two or more parties to establish [cryptographic] [keys|Cryptographic Keys] based on one or more party's knowledge of a [Shared Secret] (or [Password]).


An important property is that an [eavesdropper|Eve] or [Man-In-The-Middle] cannot obtain enough information to be able to brute force guess a password without further interactions with the parties for each (few) guesses. This means that strong security can be obtained using weak passwords.

Password-authenticated key agreement generally encompasses methods such as:
* Balanced password-authenticated key exchange
* Augmented [Password-authenticated Key Exchange] ([PAKE])
* Password-authenticated key retrieval
* Multi-server methods
* Multi-party methods

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Password-authenticated key agreement|Wikipedia:Password-authenticated_key_agreement|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-06-05-