Re: Intel Pentium III security `bug'

["Anthony E. Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

At 21:09 1999-01-28 -0700, Brent Sims wrote:
>It is indeed true. Its setup as an optout - that is, if you don't disable
>it it does it dirty deed. As I understand things, instructions on how to
>disable it are included with the chip. I've got them around here
>somewhere, if you have one and don't know how to optout let me know and
>I'll see if I can't find them.

The latest press release from Intell is that the CPU-ID feature will be
disabled by default and has to be enabled by the user, and only at boot
time.

 Tony
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