The probability of duplicates using random numbers goes up rapidly with large numbers of cards, just as the amusingly high probability that in any class room 2 people will have the same birthday. But it is probably much higher still if you are using a bunch of cards from the same manufacturer that didn't bother to make them unique. ;) - Tom John Golitsis wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> > >>I was only partly being facetious. Implanted IDs will only uniquely >>identify individuals, not the devices that they own, and wish to >>control via the Internet. > > > Uh, pretty obvious to me. Pick up a device, it reads your ID, and 'binds' > itself to you while you're using it. > > >>>Until then, use PKI, smartcards, your Intel Pentium ID, or any other >>>tamper-proof device or cryptographic algorithm to target receivers. >> >>So bottom line, you are suggesting unique hardware IDs. > > > With existing technology that doesn't require a coordinated worldwide effort > that will likely get 'bastardized' anyway, as the MAC situation has > demonstrated. With that said, the MAC situation isn't nearly as bad as Kon > and > I may have made it sound...it's just not absolutely guaranteed that a MAC > address is unique, but the odds of ending up with 2 identical addresses on the > same physical network is likely astronomical...but it happened to me! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.