From 483c73630a82fe8fbe9fe74cc8bbdd23a13d8b6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gcontini <1121667+gcontini@users.noreply.github.com> Date: 周六, 15 2月 2020 23:49:50 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] pc identifiers work --- doc/Hardware-identifiers.md | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Hardware-identifiers.md b/doc/Hardware-identifiers.md index 1967f3f..7a18fe6 100644 --- a/doc/Hardware-identifiers.md +++ b/doc/Hardware-identifiers.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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) ### Execution in a virtual machine -Generating a pc identifier on a virtual machine doesn't make much sense, since the vm can be copied as a whole elsewhere +Generating a hardware identifier on a virtual machine doesn't make much sense, since the vm can be copied as a whole elsewhere and there are few ways to detect this without using an external license server. * 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. -- Gitblit v1.9.1