Method for enabling an administrator to configure a recovery password
First Claim
1. A method for enabling a user to protect a password stored in a central repository and maintained by a plurality of recovery authorities and to initiate a backup copy of the user'"'"'s credentials, the method comprising:
- providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user'"'"'s identity;
generating a different recovery password of any length for each of said recovery authorities;
encrypting said recovery password for each of said recovery authorities;
storing said encrypted recovery passwords in said credential store; and
sending a portion of said information together with said password and said encrypted recovery password by the user from the credential store to the central repository.
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Abstract
A method is provided for a enabling a user to initiate a password protected backup copy of the user'"'"'s credentials. The method includes providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user'"'"'s identity, generating a different recovery password of any length for each recovery authority, encrypting the recovery password for each recovery authority, storing the encrypted recovery passwords in the credential store, and sending a copy of the information by the user from the credential store to a central repository.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for enabling a user to protect a password stored in a central repository and maintained by a plurality of recovery authorities and to initiate a backup copy of the user'"'"'s credentials, the method comprising:
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providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user'"'"'s identity;
generating a different recovery password of any length for each of said recovery authorities;
encrypting said recovery password for each of said recovery authorities;
storing said encrypted recovery passwords in said credential store; and
sending a portion of said information together with said password and said encrypted recovery password by the user from the credential store to the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for enabling a user to protect a password stored in a central repository and to initiate a backup copy of the user'"'"'s credentials, the method comprising:
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providing a user with a credential store containing information relating to the user'"'"'s identity;
querying the user for a password for encrypting at least a portion of said information;
providing a user'"'"'s password in response to said query;
generating a recovery password of any length;
encrypting said recovery password;
linking said user'"'"'s password with said encrypted recovery password;
storing said user'"'"'s password and said encrypted recovery password in the credential store; and
sending said portion of said information together with said password and said encrypted recovery password by the user from the credential store to the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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