I could have sworn it was linked to your computer though...HaawwK wrote:
nothing to do with your computer, nothing to do with your DVD, a GUID comes from your cd-key so say you got a new cdkey your GUID would be completely differant.
Thats right so dont listen to anything others tell you
I think part of it is. Comprised of the key and some hardware. Otherwise; how would hardware bans work?haffeysucks wrote:
I could have sworn it was linked to your computer though...HaawwK wrote:
nothing to do with your computer, nothing to do with your DVD, a GUID comes from your cd-key so say you got a new cdkey your GUID would be completely differant.
Thats right so dont listen to anything others tell you
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=faq-cod4.phpWhat is a guid?
In general, GUID is an acronym that stands for “globally unique identifier”. The guid inside PunkBuster is used to identify players with something more solid than their playing name or IP address. Your guid is loosely based on the cdkey that was used to install the game on your computer. When Server Admins kick or ban a player from their server(s), PunkBuster uses the player's guid to enforce the kick/ban. Since it is based on the game installation, it is a better way to identify individual players than by looking at their IP address or playing name. For those concerned about privacy, PunkBuster uses a 128-bit one-way hash (a mathematical function) to generate the guid from the cdkey so that no one can figure out or compute your cdkey by knowing your guid.
Hardware bans ban your MAC address i thinkBlackKoala wrote:
I think part of it is. Comprised of the key and some hardware. Otherwise; how would hardware bans work?haffeysucks wrote:
I could have sworn it was linked to your computer though...HaawwK wrote:
nothing to do with your computer, nothing to do with your DVD, a GUID comes from your cd-key so say you got a new cdkey your GUID would be completely differant.
Thats right so dont listen to anything others tell you
But, taken from PB website:http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=faq-cod4.phpWhat is a guid?
In general, GUID is an acronym that stands for “globally unique identifier”. The guid inside PunkBuster is used to identify players with something more solid than their playing name or IP address. Your guid is loosely based on the cdkey that was used to install the game on your computer. When Server Admins kick or ban a player from their server(s), PunkBuster uses the player's guid to enforce the kick/ban. Since it is based on the game installation, it is a better way to identify individual players than by looking at their IP address or playing name. For those concerned about privacy, PunkBuster uses a 128-bit one-way hash (a mathematical function) to generate the guid from the cdkey so that no one can figure out or compute your cdkey by knowing your guid.
Yeah they do i think. GUID is made from cd key it says, so its probably there to stop you from getting banned from a server, changing your ip so you can play again.HaawwK wrote:
Hardware bans ban your MAC address i think
Well it's not me, and I don't know how many computers they have...Aries_37 wrote:
Or if you have another computer on the network you can switch the mac addresses i think
Not that easy. I've heard it's also got ties with your hard drives, but don't quote me on that.haffeysucks wrote:
Ohh, your MAC address eh? So let's say you've been banned by PB. You change out your NIC card and voila, you have a different MAC address and therefore you're not banned anymore?
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Not that easy. I've heard it's also got ties with your hard drives, but don't quote me on that.haffeysucks wrote:
Ohh, your MAC address eh? So let's say you've been banned by PB. You change out your NIC card and voila, you have a different MAC address and therefore you're not banned anymore?
i would suspect your routers mac address, not your PCs nic. keep in mind, when you're playing in the series of tubes, others see you by your modems IP, not your pc's.BlackKoala wrote:
Not that easy. I've heard it's also got ties with your hard drives, but don't quote me on that.haffeysucks wrote:
Ohh, your MAC address eh? So let's say you've been banned by PB. You change out your NIC card and voila, you have a different MAC address and therefore you're not banned anymore?
Would suck for anyone who wanted to change it. Anyway, thanks for the clearing up guys.steelie34 wrote:
i would suspect your routers mac address, not your PCs nic. keep in mind, when you're playing in the series of tubes, others see you by your modems IP, not your pc's.BlackKoala wrote:
Not that easy. I've heard it's also got ties with your hard drives, but don't quote me on that.haffeysucks wrote:
Ohh, your MAC address eh? So let's say you've been banned by PB. You change out your NIC card and voila, you have a different MAC address and therefore you're not banned anymore?