/**
The MAC addresses of ethernet network cards present on computer
@param[out] vMAC vector of strings containing MAC addresses in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format
returns empty vector on error
See discussion of this
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6131123/generating-hardware-based-computerid/6131231#6131231
*/
void cLicenser::GetMac( vector & vMac )
{
vMac.clear();
char data[4096];
ZeroMemory( data, 4096 );
unsigned long len = 4000;
PIP_ADAPTER_INFO pinfo = ( PIP_ADAPTER_INFO ) data;
DWORD ret = GetAdaptersInfo( pinfo, &len );
if( ret != ERROR_SUCCESS )
return;
while ( pinfo ) {
if( pinfo->Type == MIB_IF_TYPE_ETHERNET ) (
// ignore software loopbacks and other strange things that might be present
continue;
char sbu