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To: Walter Morton who wrote (69811)	12/12/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: CanynGirl	Respond to of 186894

eetimes.com Hardware security functions include a cryptographic engine to authenticate "digital certificates" that Intel or a third party could load in. The chip could hold multiple certificates, each with permission to grant specific features, such as to permit an operating system or an MPEG player to run. They would also ensure that a software program licensed to one user was not copied and run on another machine, a common practice. In addition, the certificates will act like unique serial numbers, identifying a given machine in any Internet or corporate network transaction, sources said.