Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enforcement of password uniqueness
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Application No.: US16526449Application Date: 2019-07-30
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Publication No.: US11244040B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Gregory M. J. H. Tkaczyk , Juan Hernan Rodriguez Mahecha , Krishna Oliveira De Hollanda Padilha
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F17/00 ; G06F21/45

Abstract:
Embodiments provide a computer implemented method of enforcing password uniqueness for different user accounts of a particular user. The method includes: receiving a first new password from a first user account of the particular user, wherein the first user account is associated with a first system/object referenced by a first Password Relationship Object (PRO); evaluating a uniqueness policy to determine whether password uniqueness is required by one or more other PROs, wherein each system/object referenced by the one or more other PROs has a different user account of the particular user; if the password uniqueness is required by the one or more other PROs, evaluating a matching policy to determine whether the first new password matches any password of each different user account associated with one or more systems/objects referenced by the one or more other PROs; if there is a match, enforcing an enforcement policy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210034735A1 ENFORCEMENT OF PASSWORD UNIQUENESS Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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