Re: disabling Intel PSN

Marc Mutz (Marc@Mutz.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:01:12 +0100

Pawel Krawczyk wrote:
>
> Has anyone thought of adding a feature of disabling the infamous
> Intel Pentium III processor serial number, which any application
> can get using CPUID instruction?
<snip>
AFAIK Linux detects PIII and disables SN on boot-up. That's the way it
should be, IMO.

Marc

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