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From(Alan Cox)
SubjectRe: P-III serial number security in Linux
DateThu, 4 Mar 1999 00:30:06 +0000 (GMT)
>   Intel's serial number disabling utility 'fixes' this security hole (or
> backdoor?) by disabling the serial number feature repeatedly every 15
> seconds. Anyway, if a .VXD can switch it on, for 15 seconds, it'll of course

Having just watched the current Intel Pentium III advert carefully, I think
we can say Intel aren't capable of keeping themselves secure 8). Someone
appears to have sneaked the Bob from the subgenius into the PIII advert.


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