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To: steve harris who wrote (170982)	9/11/2002 4:02:02 PM
From: NITT	Respond to of 186894

re:"If Microsoft has online access to your operating system, why would anyone consider that operating system secure?" They would not have to have online access all the time. They could require a one time registration that "binds" an installation of the OS to one system. Corporate users that MS has a trusted relationship could manage the binding without any direct connection to MS. Of course MS would need to have a capability that allows for moving the OS to a new system or a replacement HD or mother board. Some form of recovery. We are still years away from this, because MS will still want to sell software to the installed base, but it will come over time. And the hackers will continue to work on getting around it. Nitt