Re: getting mac id

Yeah i wasn't think. I've already ruled that out.... i guess i'll have to use java.

From: "M. Sokolewicz" <tularis@php.net> To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] getting mac id Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:29:41 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from lists.php.net ([216.92.131.4]) by mc4-f19.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:31:17 -0800 Received: from ([216.92.131.4:7256] helo=lists.php.net)by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity HEAD r(5124)) with SMTPid A6/B7-43672-82581224 for <dbnm@hotmail.com>; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 03:30:38 -0500 Received: (qmail 24721 invoked by uid 1010); 27 Feb 2005 08:29:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 24706 invoked by uid 1010); 27 Feb 2005 08:29:32 -0000 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEHjJx36Oi8+Z3TmmkSEdPtfpLB7P/ybN8= Return-Path: <php-general-return-209530-dbnm=hotmail.com@lists.php.net> X-Host-Fingerprint: 216.92.131.4 lists.php.net Mailing-List: contact php-general-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: <mailto:php-general-help@lists.php.net> list-unsubscribe: <mailto:php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net> list-post: <mailto:php-general@lists.php.net> Delivered-To: mailing list php-general@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-php-general@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-php-general@lists.php.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050106 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <20050226201539.12971.qmail@lists.php.net> <BAY15-F30F8A15A02AB97D7464A1ACA670@phx.gbl> X-Posted-By: 62.131.2.67 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Feb 2005 08:31:18.0398 (UTC) FILETIME=[B56E49E0:01C51CA6] javascript has pretty strict permissions when run via the browser itself, so I would say no. Unless you instruct your user to run the Javascript via the system itself... but you can't expect that from a simple user. Besides that, a user can choose to turn off JavaScript, or even make it run some new JavaScript code specific to that site, with a click of a button in most modern browsers, and giving the user the ability to completely spoof a part of your control system is never a good idea ;) - tul Tyler Replogle wrote:

do you think i could get it with javascript?

From: "M. Sokolewicz" <tularis@php.net> To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] getting mac id Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:15:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from lists.php.net ([216.92.131.4]) by MC6-F37.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:16:54 -0800 Received: from ([216.92.131.4:25405] helo=lists.php.net)by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity HEAD r(5124)) with SMTPid 58/43-51537-B19D0224 for <dbnm@hotmail.com>; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:16:27 -0500 Received: (qmail 13001 invoked by uid 1010); 26 Feb 2005 20:15:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 12988 invoked by uid 1010); 26 Feb 2005 20:15:39 -0000 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jH290JDSHtK0Hwmz4NODmcj7i2AMiICo2M= Return-Path: <php-general-return-209513-dbnm=hotmail.com@lists.php.net> X-Host-Fingerprint: 216.92.131.4 lists.php.net Mailing-List: contact php-general-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: <mailto:php-general-help@lists.php.net> list-unsubscribe: <mailto:php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net> list-post: <mailto:php-general@lists.php.net> Delivered-To: mailing list php-general@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-php-general@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-php-general@lists.php.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050106 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en

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X-Posted-By: 62.131.2.67 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Feb 2005 20:16:54.0784 (UTC) FILETIME=[1D786000:01C51C40] you can't get the mac-address from a remote (client) computer via PHP because PHP is server-sided (server). The mac-address isn't part of any sort of standard header the browser sends, thus the server will never see it. And if the server can't see it, then PHP can't see it either. The only way to get it would be to run a local script which would pick it up, and send it over. This however would require something like a JAVA applet / application. The mac address is usually hidden away quite well so people can't get it and start pretending to be someone else. Although the idea is good, it most likely will not be possible (relativly easily) - tul Lancer Emotion 16 wrote:

But think that not everbody has a computer in his house,especially in 3rd world countries. Here in Peru and in another countries from Sudamerica,lot of people play this mmorpgs,like Knigths Online,WoW or Mu,in lan houses. If you ban the pc, none of the users who will play at this computer will be able to do it. On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:52:02 -0800, Tyler Replogle <dbnm@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hey, I've been on this mailing list for quite a while, but i think this is my first question. I'm not sure though. Well here goes. I'm working at this site that has an MMORPG, a big online game, and we have this ban script. it bans the ip for the user and the user acount for an amount of time. This doesn't seem to be doing its job because people just change there ip and make a new user. I know there isn't any full way to ban some one from a site, but i've been think and getting the mac id of a computer would work a lot better then ip. I'm not sure how to get teh mac id of a computer though. If any of you know how to can you please tell me. It doesn't just have to be with use php we own the server can we can installl other apps, but many others are on the server anyways. So how do i get the mac id of a user that is going on to my server? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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