Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:20:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: ulf@Lamb.net (Ulf Zimmermann) Cc: jhs@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org, serious@FreeBSD.org, commercial@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Licensing Software Message-ID: <199609250320.UAA01584@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199609250231.TAA01832@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> from Ulf Zimmermann at "Sep 24, 96 07:31:47 pm"
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... [stuff about software node locking, etc...] ... > > Kind of a neat but dirty way is to take the CRC of the system BIOS and the VGA > BIOS. Problem with it is only if the card get's exchanged, etc. And now a days given that all modern motherboards have flash BIOSes a user is _very_ likely to change it causing this method to fail. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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