>
> We still use the MAC address (mostly because it's the only numbered
> component we *know* will be present), but it's definitely forgeable. It's
> just that our usual customer wouldn't know how to do it. (Plus, I'm not
> sure they'd even want to, in significant numbers. They might want mo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 13.11.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Using the Ethernet address makes some amount of sense: although you
> can set the Ethernet address if you want, it will really screw up your
> network if you have the same address for more than one host, which is
> usu
>
> Then they wrote VM.
>
> Which has a command to set that serial number to anything you like.
>
> And yes, I've seen it used for software that looked at the serial number
> for license purposes.
>
> I don't think it's worth it. It's far too easy to break. It's fake
> security.
>
> MfG Ka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (BadlandZ) wrote on 11.11.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> (IMHO, maybe CPU, but BIOS for the sake of discussion). LINUX should
> read (and not "soft" read) a serial number out of the BIOS, and not hold
> it in software to be hacked. BIOS manufacture might be easier to
Remember,
> (IMHO, maybe CPU, but BIOS for the sake of discussion). LINUX should
> read (and not "soft" read) a serial number out of the BIOS, and not hold
> it in software to be hacked. BIOS manufacture might be easier to
Any scheme like this can be hacked. Especially -- but certainly not limited
to -- w
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