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From: davidd@ttidcb.tti.com (David Dantowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: re: Hardware keys (was Software Piracy)
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Date: 15 Jun 90 23:27:00 GMT
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re: David Snearline's note

To provide for the student using the campus computers and perhaps one
own at home, the solution is to use a small ADB-type device that plugs
in easily.  (Such a device is on the market today, toward the $50
range and can be in series with the keyboard or mouse or at the end of
an ADB line.)

Yes, I would never support disk level protection -- too vunerable.

A better solution would be to use something built into EVERY CPU.  I
believe that every ETHERNET card has a UNIQUE address.  Some products
use this number as a protection against unauthorized use.