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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (56786)	4/29/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: Kevin K. Spurway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570744

Could be, I was just summarizing the article. JC has summarized it too: chiptech.com "Well, this is pretty stupid. Remember that whole thing about the Pentium III's serial number? Well, back then, a company called Zero Knowledge posted publicly on their website a proof that the number could be hacked even if the user ran Intel's program to shut it off. The page warns the user repeatedly that this is an exploit and informs them of what it does. There's no hidden agenda or subterfuge here, it's just a program that demonstrates that the serial number is insecure. They include explanations how the exploit works and how users can protect themselves. What annoys me is that Intel's reaction was the following: They convinced Symantec, the creators of the popular Norton AntiVirus, to change their data files so that users going to Zero Knowledge's website will be warned that they're being infected with a virus. Here's the scoop. What the hell is going on here? " Kevin