> It is my understanding that the psn microcode is only reactivated
> upon system power-up and cannot be activated by a processor reset
> "in-flight" during a Linux session. In other words, you do not have to
> worry about the psn as long as you boot into a kernel with the deactivation
> code.
Intel has said this is the case; however, the German magazine c't has a hacker
on staff who has managed to turn the serial number back on from userland,
using only documented features of the processor.
See the article at http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/news1/
Charles
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