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From: bass@cs.utk.edu (Vance Bass)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Hardware key
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.154658.27825@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 13 Jul 90 15:46:58 GMT
References: <25121@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Organization: University of Tennessee CS Department
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In article <25121@unix.cis.pitt.edu> mike@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Mike Elliot) writes:
>This brings me to the next part of the project, copyprotection. Does
>the 6000 have an internal hardware id like the suns, or can I get
>an external one like the HP's? How do I talk to them? If the above two
>don't exist, what do others out there do for copyprotection.

Yes, each processor board has a unique identification number.  Run
"lscfg -v -l sysplanar0 | grep Identification" to see the number.


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