Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:02:14 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PIII "Anti Piracy Feature"? Message-ID: <19990317000214.C260@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <xzpogltktnh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:32:18PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903160854230.19918-100000@thelab.hub.org> <36EE7FEF.5B2D6587@uk.radan.com> <xzpogltktnh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:32:18PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> writes:
> > I find this hilarious. These "experts" jumping up and down about it
> > like it is new technology. They obviously don't know that proprietry
> > Unix boxes have had this for years. On any Sun, type ``hostid'' at the
> > prompt and it'll return a 32-bit hex number.
>
> The host ID on Sun workstations and servers is not a CPU serial
> number, it's a workstation serial number which is stored in NVRAM,
I realize that, but it's the same _type_ of thing and could be used
in the same way as the PIIIs serial number. The point I was making
is that the idea is not new, which judging by the reaction to the
PIII you'd think it was.
> and
> can be changed. A company I worked at did that to avoid the hassle of
> transferring their licenses every time they replaced the machines
> (which was quite often, due to the nature of their activities).
I didn't realize that the could be changed. We never do, we just
make a new licence file.
>
> DES
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