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QuestionWhat is the unique in any PC? Pin
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enhzflep29-Jun-11 1:43
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There are a number of different schemes used to implement this kind of protection, typically known as HWID (hardware id).

Often a number of pieces of information are collected about various pieces of hardware before a transformation/hashing routine is applied to the result. An obvious downside to this method is that if any of the user's hardware changes, the generated HWID is also different - leading of course to the software having the impression that it's now on a different machine (well, it is in a sense - but not entirely)

Microsoft has relied upon a technique whereby the info collected from _each_ device is stored and compared at runtime. So long as a certain proportion of the IDs remain the same, the software will continue to run. Remember that Windows 95 (or thereabouts - perhaps it was XP, I forget) had some teething problems early on, with users reporting that windows would now refuse to run after small upgrades - this may have been simple incompatibilities, though if(!) my memory serves me correctly there were a large proportion that were a result of simple HWID authentication failure.
I believe microsoft has a patent for this kind of idea - one that allows a proprtion of the hardware to change, yet still pass authentication.

ZBrush3 was software that implemented a similar scheme - albeit with a '1 change = authentication failure' limitation.

You may find some interesting result here[^]. Smile | :)

You'll also find a lot of information on defeating these schemes in underground cracking/hacking sites - certainly good reading to determine how _not_ to implement this idea. (Tuts4You is a good site to check)
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