IP Library Granted Patent US 5,497,421
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US 5,497,421 · App. 08/314,181

Method and apparatus for protecting the confidentiality of passwords in a distributed data processing system

Inventors: Charles W. Kaufman, Morrie Gasser, Butler W. Lampson, Joseph Tardo, Kannan Alagappan
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Granted: Mar 5, 1996 Filed: Sep 28, 1994
Inventors
Charles W. Kaufman
Morrie Gasser
Butler W. Lampson
Joseph Tardo
Kannan Alagappan
Assignee (at issue)
Digital Equipment Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,497,421
App. No.
08/314,181
Filed
1994-09-28
Granted
1996-03-05
Kind
A