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Re: Mac Serial Number

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Subject: Re: Mac Serial Number
From: Aaron Ballman <aaron at realsoftware dot com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:30:55 -0600
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References: <20050218153111 dot 84ECE734A3B at lists dot realsoftware dot com> <b4f6351fc8a30329466ebcc03aebaac8 at scriptsoftware dot com> <2568a00326e02b497c3d3c0cc60416f1 at mac dot com> <4dfa918e93b8b4346e8a795162f0c943 at shaw dot ca> <756ec70aabec4882f047e1b83001f3ea at mac dot com> <e80db152a98a354423bd15ffe6f8467d at shaw dot ca> <62b657bed9ac7412854dbdfa6955dbdc at shaw dot ca> <aa18787e851026245a3c76794d396eb9 at mobleybros dot com>
Windows XP and QuarkXPress 6.x supposedly use a system similar to what I wrote before where X of Y semi-unique identifiers are compared to authenticate the computer. It is definitely not crack-proof, but it can stop all but the most determined.

On Windows you're supposed to generate a GUID -- those are guaranteed to be unique. The Windows Functionality Suite has a function that lets you generate one of these (I believe it's in the released version, but it may still be in the beta version). You can get more information about GUID APIs here:

<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/com/ htm/cmf_a2c_05r8.asp> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/com/ htm/cmf_a2c_05r8.asp>

HTH!

~Aaron
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