What does ``cpd'' do in SCO UNIX V tcp.

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Fri Jul 6 03:55:56 AEST 1990


>From article <2690F0F3.1352 at tct.uucp>, by chip at tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg):
> I consider this method of copy protection to be impolite at best,
> since it (1) uses broadcasts and (2) causes an immediate shutdown,
> when the serial number conflict could possibly be an honest mistake.

and how about (3) broadcasts to a port number that is undocumented and
could well be used by some other application.

Paul DuBois
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