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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Darren J. Moffat, Campbell, CA (US);
Casper H. Dik, Amsterdam, NL;
Alec Muffett, Hampshire, GB;
SUN Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that implements a pluggable password obscuring mechanism. During operation, the system receives a request to obscure a password to produce an obscured version of the password. If the request specifies a customized technique for obscuring the password, the system loads a dynamic library that performs the customized technique, and then uses the dynamic library to obscure the password. If the request does not specify a customized technique, the system uses a default technique to obscure the password. In this way, the customized technique for obscuring the password can be used without having to modify source code.