Cross Partition Authentication Recovery System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computing devices often lock users out after repeated unsuccessful login attempts, hindering authorized access and requiring a secure method for recovery.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing multiple ancillary partitions to store portions of authentication credentials, prompting users with personalized questions based on their knowledge database to reconstitute the credentials and unlock the primary partition, with AI-driven processes for dynamic prompt generation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system locks the primary partition after multiple unsuccessful login attempts, then device security is improved, but user access is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication credential is divided into multiple portions and stored across different ancillary partitions. This segmentation allows the system to maintain security by requiring multiple components while enabling recovery through alternative authentication methods that combine these portions.
Solution Approach 2:
Ancillary partitions serve as intermediary storage locations for credential portions. These intermediaries enable the recovery process by providing alternative access paths that don't directly compromise the primary partition security while still allowing authorized users to retrieve their credentials.
2Reliability
If the system stores authentication credentials in a secure manner, then security is improved, but recovery capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the credential into portions stored in separate ancillary partitions, the system achieves both security through distributed storage and recoverability through alternative authentication paths that can reconstruct the full credential when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing credential portions in ancillary partitions and establishing recovery mechanisms in advance. This allows authorized users to recover access without compromising the security of the primary stored credential.
3Reliability
If the system uses multiple ancillary partitions to store credential portions, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ancillary partitions serve multiple functions: they store credential portions for security, provide recovery mechanisms, and enable alternative authentication paths. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components, thereby managing complexity while achieving security goals.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the functions of credential storage, security enforcement, and recovery capability into a unified partition structure. By combining these functions in the ancillary partitions, the system reduces overall complexity compared to having separate dedicated systems for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
A system is provided for secure cross partition access and computing device recovery. In particular, the system may comprise a computing device that includes a non-transitory memory or storage device comprising one or more partitions. A user may attempt to log into the device and get locked out of the primary partition of the device after a threshold number of unsuccessful login attempts. The additional partitions of the computing device may store a portion of the authentication credential needed to access the primary partition and prompt the user using an item from the user data stored in a user-specific database. Upon detecting that the user has successfully accessed a threshold number of partitions and/or successfully provided responses to the prompts from a threshold number of partitions, the system may unlock and grant access to the locked partitions.