On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Alan Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Things like location, warranty, in-service date, purchase date I don't
> think can be discovered from the hardware... :-D


For some vendors you can get that knowing the vendor and serial number ---
although if you can do that without authenticating to the vendor, you have
found a bit of a security hole. (Sadly, it would not surprise me at all if
this *is* true of some vendors. Or even of all vendors who provide it.)

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brandon s allbery kf8nh                               sine nomine associates
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