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Article #79Re: software protection
From: iles
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1985 19:21
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1985 19:21
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What HP is starting to do is distribute software which requires a codeword to be purchased for each machine that will run the software. The codeword is generated by a rather protected algorithm based on the machine serial #. HP can do this since all new machines will return serial numbers when prompted through datacomm and it would take major ROM hacking to defeat this scheme (if possible). Dan Lieman hplabs!iles or lieman%ucbugs@berkeley
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hplabs.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!hplabs!iles From: iles@hplabs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.hp Subject: Re: software protection Message-ID: <111800001@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 15:21:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabs.111800001 Posted: Tue Jun 11 15:21:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Jun-85 03:56:20 EDT References: <52@duvel.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:duvel:-5200:hplabs:111800001:000:446 Nf-From: hplabs!iles Jun 19 11:21:00 1985