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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Giovanna Cannizzaro, Rome, IT;
Patrizia Manganelli, Rome, IT;
Alessandro Raniolo, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems, and products for preventing the selection of trivial character combinations in passwords. Methods may include maintaining a database of trivial patterns representing sequences on the keyboard and independent from the starting point of the sequence. When a new password is proposed a check is done to verify if the pattern of the new password matches with an existing 'forbidden' pattern and in such case it is refused by the system. Any number and kind of trivial patterns may be forbidden. The security administrator may choose patterns which should not be permitted.