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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Stuart Edward Schechter, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Alexander Molnar, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jacob Rubin Lorch, Bellevue, WA (US);

Barry Clayton Bond, Redmond, WA (US);

Bryan Jeffrey Parno, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various technologies pertaining to authenticating a password in a manner that prevents offline dictionary attacks are described. A protected module, which can be a hardware security module, a trusted platform module, or the like, is in communication with an authentication server. The protected module comprises a key that is restricted to the protected module. The key is employed in connection with authenticating the password on the protected module.


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