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From: san@halley.UUCP (Steve Sanderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Software key scheme
Keywords: key scheme software serial number
Message-ID: <534@halley.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 89 19:33:36 GMT
Organization: Tandem Computers, Austin, TX
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I've been looking thru the NeXT technical documents, but I can't find
any reference to machine serial number available via software.  Since
I don't have a NeXT, I can't actually poke around the system or look
at the online docs.

Does the NeXT have a unique number/ID for each unit?  The question is
actually leading towards how someone would license a piece of software
for an individual unit with some (albeit minimal) security.

I'm interested in the NeXT *technical* issues around this kind of scheme.

Thanks,

Steve Sanderson
halley!san@cs.utexas.ed  -or-  cs.utexas.edu!halley!san