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Privileged shared account password sanitation

  • US 10,237,266 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2016
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for sanitizing passwords, comprising:

  • providing, by a computer, a password of a shared account to a user;

    identifying, by the computer, a first machine logged into using the password;

    determining, by the computer, when the first machine enters an inconsistent state, including by determining that a predetermined time period has elapsed since a first memory area associated with the first machine was modified by replacing each occurrence of the password with a first predetermined recognizable marker;

    in response to determining the first machine enters the inconsistent state, identifying, in the first memory area associated with the first machine, one or more occurrences of the password; and

    modifying, by the computer, the first memory area associated with the first machine by replacing each occurrence of the password with the first predetermined recognizable marker in order to eliminate occurrences of the password in the first memory area.

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