Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:29:35 +0000 ( ) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: disabling Intel PSN |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > pjb1008@cam.ac.uk said: > > I think it's a bad idea to allow it at all. If it's enabled, vendors > > will start using it for generating software licence keys; its bad > > enough that Mac addresses are used for this purpose (consider what > > happens when your server's hardware fails and needs to be replaced). > > That's the best reason I've heard so far, and it still doesn't hold much > water. They have to have a fall-back; nobody's going to voluntarily limit > themselves to only running on PIII, and in that case you just disable the S/N > while you're installing the license.
Consider the fact that a certain windows office package will imbed the PSN in your data files if it can get it.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@merlin.severious.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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