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SubjectRe: disabling Intel PSN
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


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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.


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