Method and apparatus for dynamic provisioning of an access control policy in a controller hub

摘要

A method and apparatus for dynamic provisioning of an access control policy in an input/output (I/O) controller hub are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the establishment of a control channel during evaluation stages of a network access request. In one embodiment, the control channel enables resource enumeration of a hardware platform while disabling data read/write processing of the hardware platform. Once resource enumeration is completed, conditional control settings for each enumerated platform resource are sent to a network policy decision point. Once transmitted, if the conditional control settings identify the hardware platform as having a non-compliant configuration, conditional control settings for at least one enumerated resource of the hardware platform are modified according to a received access control policy to provide compliance of the hardware platform configuration to enable network access. Other embodiments are described and claimed.