rory 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Guys, which hardware is most likely to always have a serial number? I know with HDDs if you have dynamic disks it can show it as 0, and some Mobos dont have serial numbers ... what else is there ... would be guaranteed that all network cards would have a mac address or serial number? What about the Bios Serial number, different from the mobo, or that wouldnt be unique ..? any ideas .. need a unique serial number. tanks Rory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Some processors have an ID, some don't. All network cards will have a Mac address, but that is spoofable. You can change it on some cards and at the software level. You could look at an licence key but that can be spoofed as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Yeah I found some code that gets the actuall hard drive manufacturer serial number, will check it out ... as normally it is just the OS supplied serial that would change with each format .. A license key may be the alternative, with some basic encryption at least .. didnt think of that one thanks Rory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 0 Posted August 22, 2005 The drive serial is spoofable as well. Basicly Rory, trying to use those things for copy protection isn't going to work perfectly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted August 22, 2005 (edited) Yeah i know nothing is 100%, but for the average joe they wont know how to do that .. anything else you suggest? besides a dongle What about the Bios Serial Number ...? Edited August 22, 2005 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Don't make it overly painful to register. That seems to be more effective. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
