Don't use the MAC address. A significant number of users switch between wired and wifi connections.
On Dec 31, 2007 1:16 PM, andrewwestberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > You can only retrieve a mac address in javascript in IE 6.x. IE 7.x > and any firefox don't allow it. This also doesn't solve my problem > for AIR apps. I went ahead and created an enhancement request in the > Adobe bug database, but nobody can see its status (including myself) > since it's marked as security-related. > > -Andrew > > > --- In [email protected], "Peeyush Tuli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Can you check if there's a way to retrieve such information via > javascript? > > If yes then you can use external interface to get that information > in Flex > > and so on. > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2007 11:02 PM, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Good point. I'm not aware of a possibility to identify a client > machine. > > > Maybe you add a enhancement request to Adobe's bugbase? > > > > > > Cheers > > > Ralf. > > > > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2007 12:02 AM, andrewwestberg > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<andrewwestberg%40yahoo.com>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Software Licensing. If I write an encrypted license token in a > > > > SharedObject, I don't want them to be able to simply copy the .sol > > > > file in order to share their checked-out license with their buddy in > > > > the next cubicle. By tieing the license to something hardware > related > > > > such as a mac address or cpu id, it becomes less of a possibility. > > > > I'm contracted to develop a Flex/AIR client for nitroLM.com. They > > > > already have client libraries for .NET, C/C++, and Java all of which > > > > have access to hardware-related ids and serial numbers. It'd be nice > > > > if there was something similar in Flex/AIR. > > > > > > > > -Andrew > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ralf > > > > Bokelberg" > > > > > > > > > > > > <ralf.bokelberg@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > What is your usecase? > > > > > Why are people allowed to copy files from other people's computer? > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > Ralf. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
