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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by kfr <ki...@verizon.net> on 2003/09/04 00:20:17 UTC
RE: collecting unique client (computer) specific info? [OT] [x-adr][x-bayes]
Yep ... that's what I've discoverd:
http://www.webdav.org/specs/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt
from section 3.5 ... I was assuming there was some way to parse and decrypt
the mac address from:
"The following is an example of the string representation of a UUID:
f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"
the 00a0c91e6bf6
being the mac address of the computer.
K
-----Original Message-----
From: Garrett Goebel [mailto:garrett@scriptpro.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:07 PM
To: 'Ged Haywood'; kfr
Cc: mod_perl Mailing List
Subject: RE: collecting unique client (computer) specific info? [OT]
[x-adr][x-bayes]
Ged Haywood wrote:
>
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, kfr wrote:
>
> > the hardware address is really what I'm after.
>
> What hardware?
He's looking for a MAC address, cpu id, etc. something to fix the identity
of the remote host.
Nobody's up and told him that it just isn't possible. Which from the
mod_perl books and documentation I've read... appears to be the case.
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RE: collecting unique client (computer) specific info? [OT]
[x-adr][x-bayes]
Posted by Ged Haywood <ge...@www2.jubileegroup.co.uk>.
Hi there,
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, kfr wrote:
> http://www.webdav.org/specs/draft-leach-uuids-guids-01.txt
>
> from section 3.5 ... I was assuming there was some way to parse and decrypt
> the mac address from:
>
>
> "The following is an example of the string representation of a UUID:
> f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"
>
> the 00a0c91e6bf6
>
> being the mac address of the computer.
You don't even know there is a MAC address.
And if there is, it can easily be spoofed.
Forget it.
73,
Ged.
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