Remote MAC address on Windows

[J. Landman Gay]

Mark Talluto wrote:

> How about having the server run a validation app full time.  It can 
> periodically check to see that it is installed legally on the server by 
> checking the MAC address and then generating the appropriate key.  If 
> they both match as expected it continues to run.  The server app is 
> listening to a port where the clients ping for validation from the 
> server app on their startup.
> 
> On an illegal install, the server validation app will not allow the 
> clients to run when they check in on startup.  The only negative is that 
> you have to have an app running on the server.  Should not be a big deal.

That might be workable, I'll put it on the list. Thanks for the idea.

For now, we've decided to forget about remote access and leave things 
the way they are. Time is short, so we'll tackle this in the next 
update. At least I have a couple of different things to try now.


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