Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:16:42 +1000 | From | Kevin Waterson <> | Subject | Re: pIII Serial (or lack there-of) |
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, James R Bruce wrote: > > > Though perhaps it should be an option just because someone *might* want > > to use it... > > > > Intel claimed at some point that it was for identification for eCommerce > > and similar applications, which is a pretty stupid reason since any > > layer between the CPU and the network card could easily fake another > > serial number. Crippleware seems to be the only reasonable use in > > commercial apps. > > There is one more use, in proving you own a computer if it is stolen. A > simple program on a bootable floppy could be used to determine the serial > number of any computer's CPU. If you already have your PIII numbers > registered somewhere, that's pretty compelling proof that this was once your > CPU.
Was not the melissa "virus" author caught out by the use of the PIN with a MS operating system encoding the serial number to the document. then simply using the reporting of a mac ip address (also encoded to the doc) to find him?
kevin
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