From: "Geo." 

If for example the DOJ had argued for the ability to shut down MS internal
systems as a way to force compliance with the consent decree you would not
expect the folks at MS to view that as a security issue?

That's exactly how some of us view activation.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45b408e5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   Still not security.  Do you claim that everything you would wish were
otherwise is a security issue?

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45b3b438$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  It's not the backup program that will break, it's the software you have
  backed up that is keyed to the old now dead hard drive that's going to
  break. Same for Raid, the only thing that's going to break is the
  application that finds the drive serial number has now changed.

  Are you playing stupid? I know you understand how serial number checking
  works.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45b2f5c9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
     Still not security.

     If your backup program really broke when restoring to a different
  physical drive I would suggest getting a new one.  I don't see how this
  applies to RAID but if you have a RAID implementation that doesn't allow
  drives to be replaced I would reconsider that too.  If these exist I would
  consider both to be reliability issues.  Security doesn't seem affected at
  all.

  Rich

    "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45b2e02e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    It has nothing to do with security? From who's point of view? I happen
to
    think that vendors locking an install to a specific hard drive
(especially
    if it is done stealth with no notification) and thus blowing any tape
  backup
    capabilities or possibly Raid implementations is a direct threat and is
    certainly something I would consider a corporate security concern.

    Any time a vendor gains more control over a corporation, that
corporation
    should consider it a security concern.

    Geo.

    "Rich"  wrote in message news:45b2a2c6{at}w3.nls.net...
       That has nothing to do with security.  mike made a claim about
  security.
    He failed to respond I suspect because he has nothing.  If you have
    something, please speak up.

    Rich

      "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45b2990c{at}w3.nls.net...
      How about keeping vendors from locking an install to a specific hard
    drive?

      Geo. (I know I'd sleep better)

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