CONFIGURABLE PASSWORD INTEGRITY SERVERS FOR USE IN A SHARED RESOURCE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A NETWORK SYSTEM SERVER THAT PROVIDES PASSWORD COMPOSITION CHECKING FOR A PLURALITY OF CLIENTS IS DISCLOSED. THE NETWORK SYSTEM SERVER INCLUDES A MAIN DATA STORE, A SECURITY SERVER, WHICH IS COUPLED TO THE MAIN DATA STORE AND THE PLURALITY OF CLIENTS, A PASSWORD SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER, WHICH IS COUPLED TO THE SECURITY SERVER, A PLURALITY OF PASSWORD STRENGTH SERVERS, EACH OF WHICH IS COUPLED TO THE PASSWORD SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER, THAT PROVIDES PASSWORD INTEGRITY AMONG THE PLURALITY OF CLIENTS SO THAT EACH CLIENT MAINTAINS A PASSWORD WHOSE COMPOSITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NETWORK SERVER SYSTEM. EACH OF THE PASSWORD STRENGTH SERVERS IS UNIQUELY PROGRAMMABLE WITH RESPECT TO PERFORMING PASSWORD COMPOSITION CHECKING.FIG. 4