Progressively increasing a login information length

A computing device for preventing login lockout to a restricted space, the computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory, storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• identifying first login information for accessing the restricted space;
• determining that a number of failed login attempts exceeds a threshold;
• responsive to determining that the number of failed login attempts exceeds the threshold, requiring, to access the restricted space entry by a user of the first login information along with prespecified additional characters instead of locking out the user from the restricted space, wherein the first login information and prespecified login information are provided by the user prior to the failed login attempts;
• determining that the user has entered both the first login information and the prespecified additional characters as a password;
• and
• in response, granting access to the restricted space.

A device for preventing login lockout to a restricted space, the device comprising:

• means for identifying first login information for accessing the restricted space;
• means for determining that a number of failed login attempts exceeds a threshold;
• responsive to determining that the number of failed login attempts exceeds the threshold, means for requiring, to access the restricted space entry by a user of the first login information along with prespecified additional characters instead of locking out the user from the restricted space, wherein the first login information and the prespecified additional characters are provided by the user prior to the failed login attempts;
• means for determining that the user has entered both the first login information and the prespecified additional characters as a password;
• and
• in response, means for granting access to the restricted space.