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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Licensing Software
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> >% man hostid
> >GETHOSTID(3)               UNIX Programmer's Manual               GETHOSTID(3)
> 
>    Right, and you left out the good part:
> 
> 
> BUGS
>      32 bits for the identifier is too small.
> 
> HISTORY
>      The gethostid() and sethostid() syscalls appeared in 4.2BSD and were
>      dropped in 4.4BSD.
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Actually, that *is* a good part.  It means that the interface used by
ifconfig to get the network address really is the best choice for a
unique system ID.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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