期刊名称:Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications
印刷版ISSN:2093-5374
电子版ISSN:2093-5382
出版年度:2012
卷号:3
期号:4
页码:85-99
出版社:Innovative Information Science & Technology Research Group
摘要:The Ethernet MAC address is known it is not changed and so highly considered as one of theplatform-unique information. Because of the reason, the MAC address has been used as a platformidentifier for several public services. This paper surveys, implements and analyzes the extractionmethods for the MAC address in different levels on the PC platform. The methods considered includereading the registry database, calling the dedicated API functions, polling the I/O controllerand communicating with external EEPROM. The result of the implementation will be helpful as areference for developers who need to have a simple platform identifier
关键词:platform-unique information; platform identifier; designated platform; MAC address;hardware spoof.