1996-09-27 - Re: Tamper-Resistant Software from INTEL

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Message Hash: 76d1edfc1398f377e26df6db24a37a64c382fcf5d373a09a559335057b927a5a
Message ID: <3.0b16.32.19960926211900.00b94b20@mail.teleport.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-09-27 08:57:57 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:57:57 +0800

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From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:57:57 +0800
To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Subject: Re: Tamper-Resistant Software from INTEL
Message-ID: <3.0b16.32.19960926211900.00b94b20@mail.teleport.com>
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At 07:57 PM 9/26/96 -0500, snow wrote:
>Mr. Guthery
>> Has anybody heard of tamper-resistant software in general or a method
>> for tamper-resistant software from Intel in particular?
>
>     What do you mean by "tamper resistant"?

It means that if you do *ANYTHING* to try and adjust, modify, and/or
configure the software, it no longer functions.  Sadly, Microsoft has beat
them to the punch on this technology.

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