libc.hwid 1.0.0

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dotnet add package libc.hwid --version 1.0.0
NuGet\Install-Package libc.hwid -Version 1.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="libc.hwid" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add libc.hwid --version 1.0.0
#r "nuget: libc.hwid, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install libc.hwid as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=libc.hwid&version=1.0.0

// Install libc.hwid as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=libc.hwid&version=1.0.0

libc.hwid

Unique ID generator for protecting your distributed .net software (Ubuntu & Windows)

Why we need this?

  • We want to distribute a software and we worry about possible copyright violations.
  • We don't want your software to be distributed without our consent

How does it work?

  • HwId.Generate() method combines Motherboard info with CPU ID into a string
  • Then hashes the string into a 40 character ASCII string. This final string value is the Hardware ID

Considerations:

  • So called Hardware ID, created with HwId.Generate() method, will return the same value on a computer system as long as the mother board and CPU do not change
  • This library does not use Mac address since the value returned from WMI on Microsoft Windows will change if the computer's network connection is lost or disabled.

I've used this piece of code in my projects on the following operating systems:

  • Ubuntu 16.04
  • Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10

Usage:

The nuget package is written as a .Net Standard 2.0 class library, so you can use it in the following project types:

  • .Net Standard 2.0+
  • .Net Core 2.0+
  • .Net Framework 4.6.1+

Just add this nuget package to your project and use as below:

var hardwareId = libc.hwid.HwId.Generate();

Take a look at tests to understand the usage better

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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