Patent ID: 8468598
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system for generating false passwords, the system comprising: at least one processor; a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, when executed by the at one processor, are configured to implement, a password manager configured to cause the at least one processor to receive a password; a false password generator configured to cause the at least one processor to generate a plurality of false passwords based on the password; a distance calculator configured to cause the at least one processor to calculate a distance of each of the plurality of false passwords from the password, each distance representing a similarity, or lack thereof, of a corresponding false password to the password; and a false password selector configured to cause the at least processor to select a subset of false passwords having distances equal to or above a minimum distance from the password and less than a maximum distance from the password to reduce odds of an inadvertent entry of a false password supplied by a user, the false password selector configured to store the subset of false passwords together with the password.