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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Applicants:
David A. Mcgrew, Poolesville, MD (US);
Andrew D. Persaud, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
David A. McGrew, Poolesville, MD (US);
Andrew D. Persaud, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for password checking. After input is received, a proposed password included in the input is parsed into symbols. At least one of the symbols includes two or more characters. A probably metric is determined based on a sequence of symbols. The probability metric is used to determine whether or not the password is secure.