Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd
From: Manuel Fiorelli (manuel.fiorelli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-28 11:40:44
Francois Barel wrote:
> I recently saw the case where a developer thought he was getting
> something unique by retrieving the first MAC address of the machine...
> only to discover that on machines with VMWare installed, the first two
> returned MAC addresses are actually the MAC addresses of VMWare's
> virtual network adapters, which are (by default) the same everywhere.
> IOW, his code was returning the same MAC address on every PC with
> VMWare installed.
>
> François
I wasn't aware of that issue. Things are yet complicated, but your
point complicates them much more.
Manuel Fiorelli