摘要 |
A system for authenticating software is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention is utilized in conjunction with a gaming machine to authenticate t he software utilized by the gaming machine or loaded onto the gaming machine. T o achieve authentication, one exemplary mode of operation is used to authenticate the contents of a removable media (224), the removable media being used to per form any desired operation on the gaming machine. Use of a removable media (224) provides means to store large amounts of software on a single media to thereby access and perform numerous tasks including software install, software update, diagnosis, authentication, or configure.
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