Multi-user BIOS authentication

Multi-user BIOS authentication

An information handling system which supports Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) and which provides the ability for each authorized user of the system to have a unique ID and key at the BIOS level. In these systems, a user only needs knowledge of the traditional BIOS password only at the time the user is...

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Hauptverfasser: PANT ALOK, DAILEY JAMES E, TYNER BENJAMEN G, WITTE KENDALL C
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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Zusammenfassung:An information handling system which supports Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) and which provides the ability for each authorized user of the system to have a unique ID and key at the BIOS level. In these systems, a user only needs knowledge of the traditional BIOS password only at the time the user is enrolled in the PBA feature. Later changes to the password do not have the effect of denying access to enrolled users.