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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Alan D. Eldridge, Hollis, NH (US);
Phillipe A. Loher, Lowell, MA (US);
Peter O. Mierswa, Sterling, MA (US);
Steven E. Read, Berlin, MA (US);
Alan D. Eldridge, Hollis, NH (US);
Phillipe A. Loher, Lowell, MA (US);
Peter O. Mierswa, Sterling, MA (US);
Steven E. Read, Berlin, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of managing network security can include receiving a user input comprising a user name and a password, determining whether the input user name potentially corresponds to a plurality of user accounts, determining whether the password is valid, and determining whether each of the user accounts is locked. The method can include selecting a security response to the user input based upon whether the input user name potentially corresponds to the plurality of user accounts, whether the password is valid, whether each of the user accounts is locked, and outputting the security response.