Managing passwords for network-accessible service accounts
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorOliver Gondza
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Abstract
A method includes generating, by a password manager, an updated password for an account registered with a network accessible server. The method further includes generating, by the password manager, a cryptographic salt value. The method further includes computing, by the password manager and using the cryptographic salt value, a hash value of the updated password. The method further includes transmitting, by the password manager, the hash value of the updated password and the cryptographic salt value to the network-accessible service.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- generating, by a password manager, a password for an account registered with a network-accessible service;
- generating, by the password manager, a cryptographic salt value;
- computing, using the cryptographic salt value, a hash value of the password;
- and
- transmitting, by the password manager, the hash value of the password and the cryptographic salt value to the network-accessible service.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device to:
- receive, from a password manager, a first hash value of an updated password for a particular account registered with a network-accessible service and a cryptographic salt value;
- receive a request for access the particular account registered with the network-accessible service by a client device, the request comprising a password;
- compute, using the cryptographic salt value, a second hash value of the password;
- and
- responsive to determining the first hash value matches the second hash value, authorize access by the client device to the network-accessible service.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
- generate a password for an account registered with a network-accessible service;
- generate a cryptographic salt value;
- compute, using the cryptographic salt value, a hash value of the password;
- and
- transmit the hash value of the password and the cryptographic salt value to the network-accessible service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.