Password reset system

摘要

A customer initiated password reset system resets user passwords on a variety of network entities, such as internal systems, allowing simultaneous reset with a minimum number of user specified passwords that nonetheless satisfy the password specifications of these internal systems. Thereby, the user avoids the tedium of logging into each of these systems, changing their password, logging out, etc., for each system with the likelihood of creating unique passwords for each system that have to be remembered. By further incorporating a score metric based upon how many character sets are touched, a required degree of complexity can be measured and enforced against the password specifications. Advantageously, a table-based approach to enforcing password reset against the multiple password specifications facilitates making and fielding updates.

主权项

1. A method for guiding a user to simultaneously reset a plurality of passwords, comprising:
storing computer executable instructions on a memory; employing a processor that executes the computer executable instructions stored on the memory to implement the following acts: accessing a first password specification for a first network entity, wherein the first password specification comprises a first set of rules that each valid password for the first network entity must comply with; accessing a second password specification for a second network entity, wherein the second password specification comprises a second set of rules that each valid password for the second network entity must comply with; determining, based on the first and second password specifications, that an aggregate password specification can simultaneously satisfy the first and second password specifications; determining an aggregate password specification that satisfies both the first and second password specification by entering characteristics into a table record for each password specification and determining a most stringent entry for each respective characteristic; prompting a user to input a new password that satisfies the aggregate password specification to reset both a first and second password for the first and second network entities respectively; and guiding the user to input the new password to include a type of character associated with an increased touch score as one of the characters of the new password.