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From: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (rogerson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.edu,comp.misc
Subject: Re: built-in security features
Keywords: computer security, network security
Message-ID: <2373@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 89 15:19:26 GMT
References: <8846@nsc.nsc.com> <5995@polya.Stanford.EDU> <1804@maccs.McMaster.CA> <24102@amdcad.AMD.COM> <356@tcsc3b2.UUCP> <1546@tank.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: rogerson@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM ()
Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC
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In article <1546@tank.uchicago.edu> kean@tank.uchicago.edu (Keane Arase) writes:
>In article <356@tcsc3b2.UUCP> pag@tcsc3b2.UUCP (Philip A. Gross) writes:
>
>>The AT&T 3B2 line of computers as well as the NCR Towers make use of a
>>what is generally called a firmware serial number that is kept on the

	This is no longer true.  The current NCR Tower series have no such
	protection scheme.  I can't even find one of the old Towers around
	here which did use this protection scheme.  According to one of
	my co-workers it is extremely easy to defeat.

  	Still, such protection schemes are stupid and do not help sales
	of your computers any.

	-----Dale
		Rogerson-----