From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 18:30:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5513216A40F for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E469543CA2 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:30:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from [10.0.0.104] (r3140ca.wmptl.net [10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kBJIJswP003931; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:19:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <45882D4D.3030300@wmptl.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:19:57 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Koen Martens References: <4587F6F1.1050000@metro.cx> In-Reply-To: <4587F6F1.1050000@metro.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.54 on 10.0.0.80 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unique hardware identification X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:30:16 -0000 Koen Martens wrote: > Hi All, > > I was wondering, if something like a unique hardware identification > would be possible on FreeBSD. > > I'd like a machine to authenticate to a server, for which it will > need a unique identification. Problem is, it should be generated > automatically and not easy to fake / detect without already having > root access to the box. > > I'm thinking of something like combining serial numbers from > CPU/disks for example, but there does not seem to be a clear way to > obtain these (not all cpu's even have a serial number in there). > > I am just inquiring if someone on this list has an idea that might > help with this problem. > > Gr, > > Koen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Might I suggest, that if the software requires network usage - simply identify by mac address. A lot of software we use now, accesses a license server via the network, and authenticates clients based on their MAC address, (which, allthough possible to spoof - is not easy for the typical end-user). -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com