PROPAGATING PLAIN-TEXT PASSWORDS FROM A MAIN REGISTRY TO A PLURALITY OF FOREIGN REGISTRIES

摘要

A NETWORK SYSTEM SERVER THAT PROVIDES PASSWORD SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A MAIN DATA STORE (102) AND A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY DATA STORES (108) IS DISCLOSED. THE NETWORK SERVER FURTHER INCLUDES A SECURITY SERVER (104), WHICH IS COUPLED TO THE MAIN DATA STORE, A PLURALITY OF CLIENTS (114), COUPLED TO THE SECURITY SERVER FOR ACCESSING THE MAIN DATA STORE WHEREIN EACH CLIENT MAINTAINS A UNIQUE, MODIFIABLE PASSWORD, AND A PASSWORD SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER (106), COUPLED TO THE SECURITY SERVER AND THE PLURALITY OF SECONDARY DATA STORES, THAT PROVIDES PASSWORD PROPAGATION SYNCHRONIZATION TO EACH OF THE SECONDARY DATA STORES FROM A USER ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF CLIENTS SO THAT USER IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE, UNIQUE PASSWORD AMONG PLURALITY OF SECONDARY DATA STORES. THE PASSWORD PROPAGATION IS IMPOSED ON THE PLURALITY OF SECONDARY DATA STORES REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT PASSWORD STATUS OF THE SECONDARY DATA STORES. FIGURE 3