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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pierre-Olivier J. Martel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Austin G. Jennings, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/126 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/6281 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2105 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a security manager of a first operating system executed by a processor of a data processing system receives a request received from an application to modify a security settings of the data processing system. In response to the request, the data processing system is restarted into a second operating system, where the second operating system includes functionalities that are fewer than the first operating system. The security settings of the data processing system is modified within the second operating system. After the security settings of the data processing system has been modified, the data processing is rebooted back to the first operating system. A security measure within the first operating system is enforced based on the modified security settings.


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