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Subjectdisabling Intel PSN
Has anyone thought of adding a feature of disabling the infamous
Intel Pentium III processor serial number, which any application
can get using CPUID instruction? According to CPUID specs [1],
the PSN can be disabled (part 3.3, disabling PSN) with a single
CPUID call, until next reboot. This could be configured with
/proc/sys/kernel entry, writing 1 would disable the PSN. Any
subsequent calls would be ignored.

[1] http://www.intel.com/design/pentiumiii/applnots/245125.htm

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Pawel Krawczyk, CETI internet, Krakow. http://ceti.pl/~kravietz/

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