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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Jiang, Waltham, MA (US);
Ilya Sokolov, Boston, MA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for automatically generating passwords that comply with password restrictions may include (1) maintaining a database that stores password criteria for a plurality of websites, (2) determining that a user is accessing a website that requests creation of a password, (3) determining a set of password complexity rules for the website by querying the database that stores the password criteria, (4) using the set of password complexity rules to automatically generate the password for the website such that the password complies with the password criteria for the website, and (5) providing the password for use in the website that requested creation of the password. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.