On Thursday 15 May 2008 19:05, max bianco wrote: > I think, assuming i have followed things correctly to this point, a > big if I know, that she was looking for someway to establish the > computer's identity through its hardware configuration, a hardware > fingerprint if you will, this would be possible I think but you would > have to have some kind of computed hash, based on the hardware setup > and something random(in case someone somewhere has a computer setup > identical to yours and also happens to stumble across your network) > that would uniquely identify your computer, maybe calculated based on > the individual serial numbers of your hardware components, assuming > they are unique of course. I asked something similar once but all i > got were quizzical looks for my effort, as well as suggestions like > "isn't that what cookies are for?" to which the answer is of course > no. Cookies store settings, site info, and such but this would be like > a fingerprint for your computer or a retinal pattern or a dna sample. Hardware fingerprint - yes, that describes my idea exactly. :-) Anne -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
