Password Center Server Automating Scheduled Multi-Device Password Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of modern information systems makes password management difficult, leading to issues such as password loss, forgetting, leakage, and time-consuming manual changes, which are labor-intensive and pose security risks.
Innovation Solution
A smart password implementation method and apparatus that includes a password center server managing password changes based on predefined templates and frequencies, enabling automatic password changes and feedback, with integrated management of local and remote devices, and allowing one-click login across multiple servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If passwords are manually changed by users, then password security compliance is improved, but time consumption and labor intensity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic password generation and change execution without requiring manual user intervention. The password center server automatically generates passwords according to predefined templates and frequencies, and automatically pushes them to target devices, making the system serve itself rather than relying on manual user actions.
Solution Approach 2:
Password change templates and frequencies are configured in advance before actual password changes are needed. The system pre-defines password generation rules, change intervals, and delivery methods, so that when password changes are required, the system can execute them immediately without requiring users to make decisions or perform actions at that moment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If passwords are manually managed and recorded by users, then password customization is improved, but security risks from loss and leakage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The password center server acts as an intermediary between users and target devices. Instead of users directly managing and storing passwords, the server generates passwords according to security templates and securely delivers them to both users and target devices. This intermediary role eliminates the need for users to manually record passwords, reducing security risks while maintaining customization through template-based generation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and distributes copies of passwords to multiple authorized parties (users and target devices) through secure channels. Rather than requiring users to manually copy and store passwords in insecure locations like paper or unsecured files, the system automatically generates and distributes encrypted password copies through secure communication protocols.
3Ease of operation
If password changes are performed manually in production databases, then system control is improved, but operational complexity and coordination requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple password management functions into a single centralized password center server. Instead of requiring separate coordination among multiple personnel (CIO, business system responsible person, database administrator, system operator, maintenance person, and implementation personnel), all password generation, distribution, and update operations are consolidated into one automated system that handles the entire process.
Solution Approach 2:
The password management process is segmented into distinct automated functions: template configuration, password generation according to frequency settings, secure delivery to users and target devices, and automatic execution of password changes. This segmentation allows each function to be handled independently by the system without requiring human coordination, while maintaining overall system control through the centralized architecture.
4Ease of operation
If password protection questions and answers are set once, then user convenience is improved, but security effectiveness deteriorates over time
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms static, one-time password protection questions into dynamic, continuously updating credentials. Instead of using fixed questions and answers that remain unchanged indefinitely, the system generates passwords that automatically change according to predefined frequencies and templates, making the security mechanism adaptive and evolving over time while maintaining user convenience through automated management.
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AI summary
A smart password implementation method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium comprises: obtaining management request information sent by a user terminal, where the management request information comprising a password change request, a password change template setting, and a password change frequency setting; generating a password to be changed; obtaining a polling request from a target device/facility for information to be changed, or sending to the target device/facility the information to be changed; obtaining change feedback information sent by the target device/facility; and sending the change feedback information to the user terminal. The present invention solves the problems that the password is easy to lose, forget and leak, that the change wastes time and labor, and the problems of the resulted associated changes, which enables password management to be more compliant.