Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (Alan Cox) | | Subject | Re: P-III serial number security in Linux | | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 1999 00:30:06 +0000 (GMT) |
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> 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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