Extensible bios interface to a preboot authentication module
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsLan WANG, Valiuddin Y. Ali, Jennifer E. Rios
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Abstract
A computer-readable storage medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a basic input/output system (BIOS). The BIOS comprises instructions that implement a BIOS core, instructions that implement a user authentication and enforcement engine (AEE), and instructions that implement an extensible interface to a preboot authentication module.
Claims17
A computer-readable storage medium containing software that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a basic input output system (BIOS), said BIOS comprising:
- instructions that implement a BIOS core;
- instructions that implement a user authentication and enforcement engine (AEE);
- and
- instructions that implement an extensible interface to a preboot authentication module.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage coupled to said processor and containing a basic input/output system (BIOS), said BIOS comprising a BIOS core, a user authentication and enforcement engine (AEE), and an extensible interface to a preboot authentication module
A method, comprising:
- beginning a boot process;
- determining, by a basic input/output system (BIOS), a plurality of authentication techniques to use to authenticate a user;
- and
- authenticating, by said BIOS, said user in accordance with said authentication techniques.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.