Patent ID: 7725730
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating information in a system comprising a plurality of processing devices each adaptable for communication with one or more other devices of the plurality of devices, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least first and second shares of a first password associated with a first device of the plurality of devices; storing the first and second shares in respective second and third devices of the plurality of devices; and upon submission of additional information associated with the first device to at least one of the second and third devices, each of the first and second shares having a property that it is infeasible to determine solely therefrom correspondence of the additional information with the first password, the second and third devices utilizing the respective first and second shares to collectively determine said correspondence of the additional information with the first password; wherein the additional information comprises a third share and a fourth share, the third share being delivered by the first device to the second device, the fourth share being delivered by the first device to the third device.