Managing passwords used when detecting information on configuration items disposed on a network
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorAkira Ohkado
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a method for receiving, at a configuration information server, an encrypted password associated with a configuration item, where the encrypted password is encrypted using an encryption key. The method further includes encrypting a decrypted password to generate a reencrypted password, where the decrypted password is derived from the encrypted password. The method further includes transmitting the reencrypted password to the configuration item and removing the decrypted password from the configuration information collection server.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a configuration information collection server, an encrypted password associated with a configuration item, wherein the encrypted password is encrypted using an encryption key;
- encrypting a decrypted password to generate a reencrypted password, wherein the decrypted password is derived from the encrypted password;
- transmitting the reencrypted password to the configuration item;
- and
- removing the decrypted password from the configuration information collection server based on a condition satisfying a threshold.
An apparatus comprising:
- a configuration information collection server coupled to a data storage repository, wherein the configuration information collection server is configured to:
- receive an encrypted password associated with a configuration item, wherein the encrypted password is encrypted using an encryption key;
- encrypt a decrypted password to generate a reencrypted password, wherein the decrypted password is derived from the encrypted password;
- transmit the reencrypted password to the configuration item;
- and
- remove the decrypted password from the configuration information collection server based on receiving information corresponding to the configuration item or based on a condition satisfying a threshold.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive an encrypted password associated with a configuration item, wherein the encrypted password is encrypted using an encryption key;
- encrypt a decrypted password to generate a reencrypted password, wherein the decrypted password is derived from the encrypted password;
- transmit the reencrypted password to the configuration item;
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- remove the decrypted password after generating the reencrypted password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.