Methods and devices for providing warnings associated with credentials to be stored in a credential store
First Claim
1. A method of providing a warning associated with credentials to be stored in a credential store on a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to store, in the credential store, at least one credential for a specified service;
determining whether a secure connection between the computing device and the specified service is available;
associating the specified service with a level of security based on at least one of an availability of the secure connection or one or more properties of the secure connection, the specified service being associated with a secure level if the secure connection is available and is of a minimum encryption strength, and with a non-secure level otherwise;
determining (i) that at least one credential stored in the credential store is for a service that is associated with a different level of security from the level of security with which the specified service is associated, and (ii) that at least one of the at least one credential for the service associated with the different level of security corresponds to the at least one credential for the specified service; and
providing a warning in response to the determining.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Methods and devices for providing a warning associated with credentials to be stored in a credential store on a computing device are disclosed herein. In one broad aspect, the method comprises receiving a request to store, in the credential store, at least one credential for a specified service, determining whether a secure connection between the computing device and the specified service is available, associating the specified service with a level of security based on at least one of an availability of the secure connection or one or more properties of the secure connection, and providing a warning in response to determining that at least one credential stored in the credential store corresponds to the at least one credential for the specified service and is for a service that is associated with a level of security different from the level of security with which the specified service is associated.
-
Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A method of providing a warning associated with credentials to be stored in a credential store on a computing device, the method comprising:
-
receiving a request to store, in the credential store, at least one credential for a specified service; determining whether a secure connection between the computing device and the specified service is available; associating the specified service with a level of security based on at least one of an availability of the secure connection or one or more properties of the secure connection, the specified service being associated with a secure level if the secure connection is available and is of a minimum encryption strength, and with a non-secure level otherwise; determining (i) that at least one credential stored in the credential store is for a service that is associated with a different level of security from the level of security with which the specified service is associated, and (ii) that at least one of the at least one credential for the service associated with the different level of security corresponds to the at least one credential for the specified service; and providing a warning in response to the determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. A computing device programmed to provide a warning associated with credentials to be stored in a credential store, the computing device comprising a processor configured to:
-
receive a request to store, in the credential store, at least one credential for a specified service; determine whether a secure connection between the computing device and the specified service is available; associate the specified service with a level of security based on at least one of an availability of the secure connection or one or more properties of the secure connection, the specified service being associated with a secure level if the secure connection is available and is of a minimum encryption strength, and with a non-secure level otherwise; determine (i) that at least one credential stored in the credential store is for a service that is associated with a different level of security from the level of security with which the specified service is associated and (ii) that at least one of the at least one credential for the service associated with the different level of security corresponds to the at least one credential for the specified service; and provide a warning in response to the determining.
-
-
25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions for programming a computing device to provide a warning prior to storing credentials in a credential store on the computing device, the instructions configuring a processor of the computing device to:
-
receive a request to store, in the credential store, at least one credential for a specified service; determine whether a secure connection between the computing device and the specified service is available; associate the specified service with a level of security based on at least one of an availability of the secure connection or one or more properties of the secure connection, the specified service being associated with a secure level if the secure connection is available and is of a minimum encryption strength, and with a non-secure level otherwise; determine (i) that at least one credential stored in the credential store is for a service that is associated with a different level of security from the level of security with which the specified service is associated, and (ii) that at least one of the at least one credential for the service associated with the different level of security corresponds to the at least one credential for the specified service; and provide a warning in response to the determining.
-
Specification