Re: [PATCH v29 0/4] MR6423: Implement NtQuerySystemEnvironmentValueEx, NtQuerySystemInformation SystemBootEnvironmentInformation, GetFirmwareType, GetFirmwareEnvironmentVariable*

[Alfred Agrell (＠Alcaro)]

On Mon Sep  9 20:58:18 2024 +0000, Grigory Vasilyev wrote:
> I checked, hostid is not suitable for encoding a unique ID, since it
> simply 4 bytes which contains encoded IP address. Probably the best
> option would be to use the MAC address of the first interface in the
> system. But the MAC address is easy to change. https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/apex-legends/644651-hwid-banned-linux.htm...

I believe we proposed on IRC that wineboot should generate a GUID (unless present already) and store somewhere (registry probably), and return that here.

Sure, still easy to change if you know where you're looking, but so is that machine-id.