----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikolas Britton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Robert Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Xiao-Yong Jin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; "User Freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
> On 8/1/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not just add in the patch in kern/65627 and run the CPU serial number > > through > > your hash? > > Because you can still fake the dam thing, Why fake it when you can merely not supply it in the first place? There are valid uses for unique host ID's other than this marketing reporting scheme. I was merely pointing out to the OP that it is not particularly difficult (as he was arguing) to get unique ID's out of a FreeBSD system, I was not commenting on the scheme he wanted them for. Ted _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
