Method and apparatus for enabling non-volatile content filtering

摘要

A method for managing a basic input output system (BIOS) includes filtering a request to change a policy of a platform associated with the BIOS. Other embodiments are described and claimed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a request to change a parameter associated with the policy of the platform of the BIOS is compared with permissible requests under a platform non-volatile content policy stored in a non-volatile storage unit in the BIOS. The request is allowed if the request is permitted by the non-volatile content policy.

主权项

1. A method for managing a basic input output system (BIOS), comprising:
configuring a platform non-volatile content policy applicable to all users of a computer system in response to user preferences inputted during BIOS setup, wherein the platform non-volatile content policy specifies permissible changes that may be made to a policy of a platform of the BIOS; comparing a request to change a parameter associated with the policy of the platform of the BIOS with the permissible changes in the platform non-volatile content policy; allowing the request when the request is permitted by the non-volatile content policy while leaving other parameters associated with the policy of the platform of the BIOS unchanged; and returning an error to an operating system application program interface upon determining that the request is not permissible.