Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plural

Details Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plural Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plural

1995-11-13

1999-01-19

Hua, Ly

Cryptography

Key management

Having particular key generator

380 21, 395186, 39518701, H04K 100, H04L 900

Patent

active

058623230

ABSTRACT:
A network system server that provides password synchronization between a main data store and a plurality of secondary data stores is disclosed. The network system server includes a security server, which is coupled to the main data store, a plurality of clients, which is coupled to the security server for accessing the main data store wherein each client maintains a unique, modifiable password, a password synchronization server, which is coupled to security server and the plurality of secondary data stores, and a password repository, which is coupled to the password synchronization server, that stores the passwords. One of the secondary data stores can retrieve the passwords via the password synchronization server so that each client is able to maintain a single, unique password among the plurality of secondary data stores. Password retrieval is instigated by at least one of the plurality of secondary data stores regardless of the current password status of the secondary data stores.

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