Method and system for automated password generation

Abstract

Access to target data processing systems frequently requires a password to be submitted in conjunction with user identification. The required rules and syntax for such passwords may vary widely from system-to-system and the number and variety of systems makes password management difficult. An analysis of an initially assigned or known valid password is performed, and the nature of each character within the password is defined, i.e., a numeric character, a punctuation character, a lower-case alphabetic character, or an upper-case alphabetic character. Randomly generated characters of identical nature are then assigned to each position within the password to create a new password, which will comply with the specified rules and syntax for a particular target data processing system.