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[Christos Ricudis]

V13 wrote:
>   Ayto poy den ksero einai an xrisimopoieitai poythena, mias kai den exo dei 
> kapoia xrisi toy pote... Apo ayta poy leei sto 'CONFORMING TO' toy manpage 
> ypotheto pos den exei noima pia. Tin entoli hostid th thymamai apo arketa 
> palia (apo allo leitoyrgiko systima)...
>
>   Logika pantos, h entoli den prepei na exei kanena noima thn simeron hmera...
>   

Xrhsimopoieitai eyrews ("kati prepei na kanoume epitelous m'ayton ton 
ebraio") apo thn ahdia pou legetai FlexLM.

Ta perissotera mh-PCoeidh mhxanhmata exoun ena hardware embedded host 
ID, to opoio xrhsimopoieitai syxna gia logous node-locking. Fysika, 
panta mporeis na kseperaseis kati tetoio, apla synh8ws 8elei ligo 
perissotero peiragma apo oti einai diate8eimenos na kanei o casual user.

Sta PCia, epeidh den exoun kanena unique identifier, synh8ws 
xrhsimopoieitai to prwto MAC address pou brisketai dia8esimo, h h IP 
address tou mhxanhmatos, h to serial number tou tritou sklhrou diskou 
modulo to root password XOR to onoma ths gatas tou sysadmin dia tria 
komma dekatessera se IEEE-754 anaparastash h kapoia analogh blakeia.

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Christos Ricudis				ricudis at itc.auth.gr
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IT Support Center
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE