[RESOLVED] [2008] Extract LOCAL MAC address

[briedis]

kasracer,
I understand that all, but I just need to prevent users from simply giving the application to his friends, etc.

The people range for this program isn't big, tipically they would be middle-aged women

So, for now, the main problem is to get only the local adress, because, I don't think it is being changed much ofthen But for laptops - wireless is being disabled/enabled pretty often.. its just a click of a button...

[Kasracer]

So, for now, the main problem is to get only the local adress, because, I don't think it is being changed much ofthen But for laptops - wireless is being disabled/enabled pretty often.. its just a click of a button...

Right, which means it is unreliable. I won't go on a tirade but I really do feel you're only hurting your legitimate customers.

So anyway, perhaps there is a better way of approaching this? A sure-fire way is to use a login system and require them to login to your servers each time it runs. It guarantees that no one else is running it.

Another possibility is looking at the Ethernet interface rather than the Wireless or the currently active NIC. Not sure how to do that though.

Yet another possibility is using another serial number, perhaps from a CPU or Hard Drive? You could possibly use the Computer Name but many people leave them as default.