Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: A new protection scheme -- is this feasible? Message-ID: <1069@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 12:56:08 EDT Article-I.D.: eosp1.1069 Posted: Fri Aug 17 12:56:08 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 01:30:58 EDT Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 11 References: If software protection via PROMS (or via serialized CPUs) becomes common, its success will be shortlived. Reliance on this hardware will make it feasible to develop and sell hardware that defeats the schemes (such as CPUs that allow you to program the serial number). - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison