1) manufacturers reuse mac addresses to begin with 2) mac addresses can be changed
read: http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/10/22/1213252.shtml?tid=126
Rony Shapiro wrote:
In commercial systems, the MAC address of the Ethernet NIC is considered a unique identifier of the computer.
Assuming that the machine has a NIC, of course.
Rony
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tzafrir Cohen
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:32
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unique identification of a computer
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:04:01AM +0200, David Sapir wrote:
Hi,unique number?
When I read from /proc/ide/ide0/hda/identify : is it a
IsIf the computer has such a disk. What about all-scsi system?
this the unique ID of the hard disk?
If the disk is replaced?
If the disk is moved to a different system?
-- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+
=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]