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To: rustr who wrote (72033)	1/25/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: greg s	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Rustr, re:spoofing and free will Right on! You understand the reason for all this. With a Platform ID, those on either side of a commercial transaction will know the platform with whom they are doing business. Add biometric authentication (or weaker ... password) to the platform and you have determined who is using the platform. If people don't like the feature, they can turn it off and refuse to use sites that require it. Let the market decide. Those who want to protect my "privacy" are pis*ing up a rope. I can do that for myself. One can be overheard using a cordless or cell phone. Does that mean they should not be sold because someone may transmit their credit card number? Beware of those who are trying to protect your "rights". They almost always have one hand in your pocket while they slap you on the back with the other. Greg.

To: rustr who wrote (72033)	1/25/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

rustr, Re: That is "spoofing." Now, with my CPU ID number, no one can pretend they are me. I don't think so. I don't know how Intel implement them but it would most likely be something which can be retrieved through some special instruction. The sending of this ID to the peer is still handled by the upper level software. So spoofing is still possible as the receiver side just has no way to verify that the so called 'ID' is really sent from a program running on that particular CPU. One still need some form of public/private key to do this which is by software. Gary