US 5,862,323 A · Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plurality of foreign registries

Abstract

A network system server that provides password synchronization between a main data store and a plurality of secondary data stores is disclosed. The network system server includes a security server, which is coupled to the main data store, a plurality of clients, which is coupled to the security server for accessing the main data store wherein each client maintains a unique, modifiable password, a password synchronization server, which is coupled to security server and the plurality of secondary data stores, and a password repository, which is coupled to the password synchronization server, that stores the passwords. One of the secondary data stores can retrieve the passwords via the password synchronization server so that each client is able to maintain a single, unique password among the plurality of secondary data stores. Password retrieval is instigated by at least one of the plurality of secondary data stores regardless of the current password status of the secondary data stores.

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Dependent claims

A network system server that provides password synchronization between a main data store and a plurality of secondary data stores, said network system server comprising:

a security server coupled to said main data store, said security server controlling communication with said main data store;
a plurality of clients coupled to said security server, said plurality of clients only accessing said main data store through said security server, each of said plurality of clients maintaining a unique, modifiable password;
a password synchronization server coupled to said security server and to said plurality of secondary data stores;
and
a password repository coupled to said password synchronization server, said password repository storing passwords of said plurality of clients, said passwords in said password repository being retrievable by said plurality of secondary data stores via said password synchronization server so that each client is able to maintain a single, unique password for all of said plurality of secondary data stores.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plurality of foreign registries

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Retrieving plain-text passwords from a main registry by a plurality of foreign registries

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Abstract

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