On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Przemek Klosowski wrote:

> the processor serial number (PSN) wasn't shut down---every post-PIII CPU
> has it. The access is often disabled by the BIOS, but it's there:
>
> http://pcworld.about.net/magazine/1903p198id38601.htm
>
> I think that TPC requires that PSN are enabled, but I can't think of why.

probably to provide a unique serial number to use as part of 
the TPM attestation private key generation, to ensure 
uniqueness and to prevent a replay type attack

-- Russ herrold
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