hostuuid

Documentation

Index

• func GetUUID() string
• func UUIDFromMAC() string

Functions

func GetUUID

func GetUUID() string

GetUUID - Get a system specific UUID

func UUIDFromMAC

func UUIDFromMAC() string

UUIDFromMAC - Generate a UUID based on the machine's MAC addresses, this is generally used as a last resort to fingerprint the host machine. It creates a uuid by hashing the MAC addresses of all network interfaces and using the first 16 bytes of the hash as the UUID. This should work so long as network interfaces are not added or removed, since its physical addresses this should be uncommon; an except would be machines with USB WiFi/Ethernet or something.