Automatic proactive means and methods for substantially defeating a password attack
OwnerOtto Melvin Wildensteinerinventor
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Abstract
Automatic proactive means and methods for substantially defeating a password attack against a computer having a password-protected program installed in it. These means and methods range from not responding at all, to responding with instructions to disrupt the ability of the computer having the attack program in it to continue the attack.
Claims12
A computer, an operating system within said computer, a password-protected application program within said computer, a secondary or decoy computer, means for detecting an attack on said password, and automatic proactive means within said computer for substantially defeating an attack on said password.
A computer having installed within it an operating system, a password-protected application program, means for detecting a password attack, and automatic proactive means for preventing said application program from responding to an incorrect password submitted to it with a “password error” message or any other message.
A computer having installed within it an operating system, a password-protected application program, means for detecting a password attack that is mounted by an outside computer, said outside computer having a hard drive and a password attack program installed in it, and automatic proactive means for responding to a password attack comprising means for sending instructions to said outside computer which is mounting said attack to disrupt said outside computer's ability to continue said attack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.