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| | | This is straightforward case. If the software is executing on a physical hardware it is possible to identify the hardware by various parameters (cpu type/memory/disk label/mac address) |
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| | | ### Execution in a virtual machine |
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| | | Generating a pc identifier on a virtual machine doesn't make much sense, since the vm can be copied as a whole elsewhere |
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| | | Generating a hardware identifier on a virtual machine doesn't make much sense, since the vm can be copied as a whole elsewhere |
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| | | and there are few ways to detect this without using an external license server. |
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| | | * Usually when the machine is copied the MAC address is changed. But sometimes it changes on its own. Software publishers may want to use this as a last resort to prevent the vm for being cloned. It has to be verified case by case. |
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