Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:00:20 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PIII "Anti Piracy Feature"? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903161259420.19918-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <36EE7FEF.5B2D6587@uk.radan.com>
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Worked on Solaris/x86 also: themis:/var/log> hostid 1ff199af themis:/var/log> uname -a SunOS themis 5.6 Generic i86pc i386 i86pc On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > > Haven't seen anyone mention anything about this...anyone know more? > > > > http://dragon.acadiau.ca/~034790g/newsletter.htm > > > > I haven't read this particular article, but I do know that every PIII > has a unique ID number burned into the chip. This gives each PC a > unique identity. One proposed use for it is to avoid credit card fraud > when buying on the 'net (your CC number must match the PIII ID, which > I guess means you can only place orders from one PC :-/ ). > > Apparently civil rights types and other "concerned" people are up in > arms over it, claiming it will allow Big Brother to watch what you do > and where you go on the Internet. In response to this Intel say they > will ship the chips with the feature turned off. Apparently it can be > turned off by software, but only turned on again by power-cycling the > chip. > > 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 company I work for uses this (on Suns) to run the licencing for > our software. On PC's we need to use a dongle. > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy > > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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