Privileged shared account password sanitation
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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;
identifying, in a first memory area associated with the first machine, one or more occurrences of the password;
modifying, by the computer, the first memory area associated with the first machine by replacing each occurrence of the password with a first predetermined marker in order to eliminate occurrences of the password in the first memory are adetermining, by the computer, when the first machine enters an active state;
identifying in the first memory area one or more occurrences of the first predetermined marker; and
modifying, by the computer, the first memory area associated with the first machine to replace occurrences of the first predetermined marker with the password.
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Abstract
Sanitizing passwords used in a shared, privileged account includes providing a password of a shared account to a user; identifying a first machine logged into using the password; determining when the first machine enters an inconsistent state; and modifying a memory area associated with the first machine to eliminate occurrences of the password in the memory area.
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1. A computer-implemented method for sanitizing passwords, comprising:
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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; identifying, in a first memory area associated with the first machine, one or more occurrences of the password; modifying, by the computer, the first memory area associated with the first machine by replacing each occurrence of the password with a first predetermined marker in order to eliminate occurrences of the password in the first memory are a determining, by the computer, when the first machine enters an active state; identifying in the first memory area one or more occurrences of the first predetermined marker; and modifying, by the computer, the first memory area associated with the first machine to replace occurrences of the first predetermined marker with the password. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for sanitizing passwords, comprising:
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a computer processor; a memory in communication with the computer processor storing instructions that when executed by the computer processor; provide a password of a shared account to a user; identify a first machine logged into using the password; determine when the first machine enters an inconsistent state; identify in a first memory area associated with the first machine one or more occurrences of the password; modify the first memory area associated with the first machine by replacing each occurrence of the password with a first predetermined marker in order to eliminate occurrences of the password in the first memory area; determine when the first machine enters an active state; identify in the first memory area one or more occurrences of the first predetermined marker; and modify the first memory area associated with the first machine to replace occurrences of the first predetermined marker with the password. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for sanitizing passwords, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code for providing a password of a shared account to a user; computer readable program code for identifying a first machine logged into using the password; computer readable program code for determining when the first machine enters an inconsistent state; computer readable program code for identifying in a first memory area associated with the first machine one or more occurrences of the password; computer readable program code for modifying the first memory area associated with the first machine by replacing each occurrence of the password with a first predetermined marker in order to eliminate occurrences of the password in the first memory area; computer readable program code for determining when the first machine enters an active state; computer readable program code for identifying in the first memory area one or more occurrences of the first predetermined marker; and computer readable program code for modifying the memory area associated with the first machine to replace occurrences of the first predetermined marker with the password in the first memory area. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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