System and method for secure software installation
US6725205B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method secures software in a computer system that has one or more fixed disk drives. Each fixed disk drive is configured with a predetermined system serial number, such that each fixed disk drive has the same system serial number. Software is received with an associated target serial number. The associated target serial number is compared to the system serial number on every fixed disk drive. The file is installed when the system serial number on every fixed disk drive is the same as the associated target serial number. A computer program product embodies the method described above.
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