A simple library providing functionality to generate a 'device ID' that can be used to uniquely identify a computer.
Use the DeviceIdBuilder class to build up a device ID.
string deviceId = new DeviceIdBuilder()
.AddMachineName()
.AddProcessorId()
.AddMotherboardSerialNumber()
.AddSystemDriveSerialNumber()
.ToString();The following extension methods are available out of the box to suit some common use cases:
AddUserName()adds the current user's username to the device ID.AddMachineName()adds the machine name to the device ID.AddOSVersion()adds the current OS version (as returned byEnvironment.OSVersion) to the device ID.AddMacAddress()adds the MAC address to the device ID.AddProcessorId()adds the processor ID to the device ID.AddMotherboardSerialNumber()adds the motherboard serial number to the device ID.AddSystemDriveSerialNumber()adds the system drive's serial number to the device ID.AddSystemUUID()adds the system UUID to the device ID.AddFileToken(path)adds a token stored at the specified path to the device ID.AddComponent(component)adds a custom component (see below) to the device ID.
Custom components can be built by implementing IDeviceIdComponent. There is also a simple DeviceIdComponent class that allows you to specify an arbitrary component value to use, and a WmiDeviceIdComponent class that uses a specified WMI property (example: new WmiDeviceIdComponent("MACAddress", "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration", "MACAddress").
Non physical network adapters like VPN connections tend not to have fixed MAC addresses. For wireless (802.11 based) adapters hardware (MAC) address randomization is frequently applied to avoid tracking with many modern operating systems support this out of the box. This makes wireless network adapters bad candidates for device identification.
Use AddMacAddress(true, true) to exclude both virtual and wireless network adapters.
Use the UseFormatter method to set the formatter.
string deviceId = new DeviceIdBuilder()
.AddProcessorId()
.AddMotherboardSerialNumber()
.UseFormatter(new HashDeviceIdFormatter(() => SHA256.Create(), new Base64UrlByteArrayEncoder()))
.ToString();You can use one of the out-of-the-box implementations of IDeviceIdFormatter in the DeviceId.Formatters namespace, or you can create your own.
- StringDeviceIdFormatter - Formats the device ID as a string containing each component ID, using any desired component encoding.
- HashDeviceIdFormatter - Formats the device ID as a hash string, using any desired hash algorithm and byte array encoding.
- XmlDeviceIdFormatter - Formats the device ID as an XML document, using any desired component encoding.
There are a number of encoders that can be used customize the formatter. These implement IDeviceIdComponentEncoder and IByteArrayEncoder and are found in the DeviceId.Encoders namespace.
- PlainTextDeviceIdComponentEncoder - Encodes a device ID component as plain text.
- HashDeviceIdComponentEncoder - Encodes a device ID component as a hash string, using any desired hash algorithm.
- HexByteArrayEncoder - Encodes a byte array as a hex string.
- Base64ByteArrayEncoder - Encodes a byte array as a base 64 string.
- Base64UrlByteArrayEncoder - Encodes a byte array as a base 64 url-encoded string.
Just grab it from NuGet
PM> Install-Package DeviceId
$ dotnet add package DeviceId
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