Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:02:21 -0600 (MDT) | From | Scott Marlowe <> | Subject | Re: pIII Serial (or lack there-of) |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 Daniel.Egger@rz.fh-muenchen.de wrote:
> On 13 Oct, Scott Marlowe wrote: > > > There is one more use, in proving you own a computer if it is stolen. > > simple program on a bootable floppy could be used to determine the > > serial number of any computer's CPU. If you already have your PIII > > numbers registered somewhere, that's pretty compelling proof that this > > was once your CPU. > > How likely is it that your computer gets stolen? Or even more, how > likely is it that you find it somewhere? > Or may I understand your mail as a proposal to register everyones > PC somewhere (going back to 1985....)
If you'd had a machine stolen, and seen it show up somewhere else where you couldn't prove it was yours you wouldn't be so cavalier about this stuff.
Stolen computers are a problem. Hell, even between departments at the same company it can be a problem.
As for serial number registration, I'll stick to a safe deposit box or my own fire safe.
I'm not asking for anything but the CHOICE in a mainstream kernel to be able to turn on the serial number for my own purposes, which right now would be equipment tracking. I have no other use for the serial number outside of that.
I'm not asking you to play along and let your machine do this. I want it to default to off. I want you to have to recompile your kernel to do it. And even then, I only want it to be stored on a hard drive if you explicitly set up a switch in lilo or something to do that. Is that enough for you?
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