Secure password provision

摘要

The invention provides a method for providing, from a client computer across a network, a secure password to one or more remote computers. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a string associated with an application on one of the or each remote computer; obtaining a password from a user of the client computer; combining the string and the password irreversibly to generate a secure password for the application; and providing only the secure password to the one remote computer.