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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (47740)	1/28/1999 10:54:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 1572446

Cringe - Re: "Is this guy right, or a little too zealous?" His byline said that he is a cryptographer. I suppose he sees Intel's ID as threat to his livelihood. From what I read, Intel's scheme NEVER divulges the CPU ID. The CPU ID is encrypted with a RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR generated by the CPU itself to form a second ID. The CPU then RECEIVES a unique identifier code from the SENDING WEB SITE. This unique identifier FROM THE SENDING WEB SITE is used to FURTHER ENCRYPT the Random Number/CPU ID-encrypted code - and this TRIPLE-ENCRYPTED code is then SENT BACK as a unique CPU identifier to the SENDING WEB SITE. Since EVERY WEB SITE has its own IP address identifier, the Pentium III CPU communicates a DIFFERENT SCRAMBLED, SECURE CODE to EACH INDIVIDUAL WEB SITE, and that CODE IS PARTIALLY GENERATED by the WEB SITES OWN UNIQUE CODE, the CPU ID AND THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. NEVER NEVER is the CPU ID revealed outside the CPU itself. That is my current understanding of the situation. Paul