Dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password
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1. A method of dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, the method comprising the machine-implemented steps of:
- obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password. The techniques include obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service; determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service.
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71 Claims
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1. A method of dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, the method comprising the machine-implemented steps of:
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obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, the method comprising the machine-implemented steps of:
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obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more of;
forcing a password change;
orblocking the user'"'"'s access to the service; and
wherein the step of determining whether the password meets quality criteria further comprises one or more of the steps of;
performing a dictionary look-up based on the one or more symbols used in the password;
checking the length of the one or more symbols used in the password;
checking the number of unique characters of the one or more symbols used in the password;
checking the case of the characters in the one or more symbols used in the password;
checking the sequencing of characters in the one or more symbols used in the password;
orperforming statistical analysis based on the one or more symbols used in the password.
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20. A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
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obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, comprising:
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means for obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
means for determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
means for performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service if the password does not meet the quality criteria. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An apparatus for dynamically mitigating a noncompliant password, comprising:
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a network interface that is coupled to the data network for receiving one or more packet flows therefrom;
a processor;
one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;
obtaining a password from a user when the user attempts to access a service;
determining whether the password meets quality criteria; and
if the password does not meet the quality criteria, performing one or more responsive actions that relate to accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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