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Can ASP.NET get hardware information ?

Discussion in 'C#' started by Mr.AD, Jan 26, 2011.

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    Hi,

    I have an ASP.NET application for sale. I want to manage license via hardware information like OS, CPUID,... I tried to search with Google but can not find exactly result.

    Tell me if you know anything about that.
     
    Mr.AD, Jan 26, 2011 IP
  2. AstarothSolutions

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  3. Mr.AD

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    I think that informations can be changed by users and can not use them to generate unique hardware id.
     
    Mr.AD, Jan 26, 2011 IP
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    Build a Win32 DLL that will do the job for you. The licensing of your web application product will require to access a method from the Win32DLL to start the Application (I would request NOT to validate the license at every login. Application start is the best).

    Why Application Start?
    When you start the website as an application (restart the website from IIS or start for the first time) the application start or similar events will get fired. If I remember correctly, when the first code behind page from your website is accessed the On-Application_start is fired. Validate the license, by issuing a request to the Win32DLL to validate the system configuration and license file (could be even a webservice from your website) and then make them proceed.

    Let me know if you require further methods on solving this approach. I hope this spark will lead you in the right direction. But if required, ask questions, I would be happy to help.
     
    flexorbits, Jan 30, 2011 IP
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    It is not very difficult at all if you are developing the app in Visual Studio. I do it with one of my apps by getting the MAC address of the network card. If the product key code that they enter matches the assigned at the point of sale (stored in mySQL database) then the database field is updated with a status of 'ok' and the machine registry is updated showing that the product has been activated.

    If the user wants to move his license, he must deactivate on one machine, then activate on another.
     
    longcall911, Feb 1, 2011 IP
  6. Mr.AD

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    Hi,

    Have you got any example code to get MAC address in a ASP.NET application ?

    Thanks !
     
    Mr.AD, Feb 7, 2011 IP
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    You can also use WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), this will give you a lot of information about the hardware and software but I would recommend that you take a different approach. With shared or VPN hosting the application could be moved to different hardware.
     
    miguelf, Apr 7, 2011 IP
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    To get hardware information, you need to create an object of ManagementObjectSearcher class.
     
    unknownpray, Jun 25, 2011 IP