How to get the client sidecomputer bios serial number












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php code:



$sys = system('dir');


I have searched for days now, cannot come to a satisfying conclusion. All over the internet, the php code above is common or the other one here shell_exec('dir');. These two php codes gets the server directory files.



first step: In command prompt (cmd) on windows computers, if you input wmic bios get serialnumber you will get the serial number of your computer bios serial number.



Now, if an employee access through the company website at work for work purposes, How do we get the bios serial number by executing the cmd and get the wmic bios get serialnumber output for log purposes for employees. Or any other method to ID the internet devices that each employee uses for daily inventory and log purposes for a company. Please advice










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  • Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago













  • @davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago











  • No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

    – davidgo
    17 mins ago











  • @davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

    – A. Kiyoshi
    9 mins ago











  • As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

    – davidgo
    1 min ago
















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php code:



$sys = system('dir');


I have searched for days now, cannot come to a satisfying conclusion. All over the internet, the php code above is common or the other one here shell_exec('dir');. These two php codes gets the server directory files.



first step: In command prompt (cmd) on windows computers, if you input wmic bios get serialnumber you will get the serial number of your computer bios serial number.



Now, if an employee access through the company website at work for work purposes, How do we get the bios serial number by executing the cmd and get the wmic bios get serialnumber output for log purposes for employees. Or any other method to ID the internet devices that each employee uses for daily inventory and log purposes for a company. Please advice










share|improve this question

























  • Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago













  • @davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago











  • No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

    – davidgo
    17 mins ago











  • @davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

    – A. Kiyoshi
    9 mins ago











  • As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

    – davidgo
    1 min ago














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php code:



$sys = system('dir');


I have searched for days now, cannot come to a satisfying conclusion. All over the internet, the php code above is common or the other one here shell_exec('dir');. These two php codes gets the server directory files.



first step: In command prompt (cmd) on windows computers, if you input wmic bios get serialnumber you will get the serial number of your computer bios serial number.



Now, if an employee access through the company website at work for work purposes, How do we get the bios serial number by executing the cmd and get the wmic bios get serialnumber output for log purposes for employees. Or any other method to ID the internet devices that each employee uses for daily inventory and log purposes for a company. Please advice










share|improve this question
















php code:



$sys = system('dir');


I have searched for days now, cannot come to a satisfying conclusion. All over the internet, the php code above is common or the other one here shell_exec('dir');. These two php codes gets the server directory files.



first step: In command prompt (cmd) on windows computers, if you input wmic bios get serialnumber you will get the serial number of your computer bios serial number.



Now, if an employee access through the company website at work for work purposes, How do we get the bios serial number by executing the cmd and get the wmic bios get serialnumber output for log purposes for employees. Or any other method to ID the internet devices that each employee uses for daily inventory and log purposes for a company. Please advice







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  • Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago













  • @davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago











  • No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

    – davidgo
    17 mins ago











  • @davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

    – A. Kiyoshi
    9 mins ago











  • As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

    – davidgo
    1 min ago



















  • Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago













  • @davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago











  • No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

    – davidgo
    17 mins ago











  • @davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

    – A. Kiyoshi
    9 mins ago











  • As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

    – davidgo
    1 min ago

















Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

– davidgo
3 hours ago







Are you asking to get the serial of the server running php or the client accessing it? Also what IS? I suspect you cant do what you are trying, but.might misunderstand.

– davidgo
3 hours ago















@davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

– A. Kiyoshi
3 hours ago





@davidgo thank you for the comment. I am actually looking for a way to get an ID of employees computer as log for our record. Sort kind of collecting data log kind of ....if you know what I mean

– A. Kiyoshi
3 hours ago













No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

– davidgo
17 mins ago





No idea what you mean, but php is not the tool for the job - in fact any decent web client (like Mozilla or Firefox will block this behaviour regardless of the app)

– davidgo
17 mins ago













@davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

– A. Kiyoshi
9 mins ago





@davidgo thank you for the reply. I just put that up and an example, but It doesnt have to be php. It could be either a javascript, a php function, etc. any help of direction would help. thank you

– A. Kiyoshi
9 mins ago













As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

– davidgo
1 min ago





As both I and @Journeymangeek already stated you cant do this in the general case through a web browser without the user running a program (or possibly browser plugin). Think about it - someone who can run arbitrary code on your PC can hijack it - the last thing a browser wants to allow.

– davidgo
1 min ago










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There's really good reasons you don't want to run arbitrary code on a client side system - if you can run wmic bios get serialnumber you could also run a virus, ransomware or other nasty stuff. Being able to identify a specific PC is also undesirable for privacy reasons. There's a good reason being able to uniquely identify a PC is a holy grail for companies - ranging from uniquely fingerprinting systems (panopticlick is a great example designed to show what companies do.



In short - its not possible, and it would be horrifying securitywise if it was. There's no reason a web server should/could be allowed to run arbitrary code and get uniquely identifying system on a client.






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  • ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago













  • If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago











  • Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

    – Journeyman Geek
    3 hours ago













  • @JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

    – A. Kiyoshi
    2 hours ago











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There's really good reasons you don't want to run arbitrary code on a client side system - if you can run wmic bios get serialnumber you could also run a virus, ransomware or other nasty stuff. Being able to identify a specific PC is also undesirable for privacy reasons. There's a good reason being able to uniquely identify a PC is a holy grail for companies - ranging from uniquely fingerprinting systems (panopticlick is a great example designed to show what companies do.



In short - its not possible, and it would be horrifying securitywise if it was. There's no reason a web server should/could be allowed to run arbitrary code and get uniquely identifying system on a client.






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  • ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago













  • If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago











  • Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

    – Journeyman Geek
    3 hours ago













  • @JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

    – A. Kiyoshi
    2 hours ago
















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There's really good reasons you don't want to run arbitrary code on a client side system - if you can run wmic bios get serialnumber you could also run a virus, ransomware or other nasty stuff. Being able to identify a specific PC is also undesirable for privacy reasons. There's a good reason being able to uniquely identify a PC is a holy grail for companies - ranging from uniquely fingerprinting systems (panopticlick is a great example designed to show what companies do.



In short - its not possible, and it would be horrifying securitywise if it was. There's no reason a web server should/could be allowed to run arbitrary code and get uniquely identifying system on a client.






share|improve this answer
























  • ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago













  • If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago











  • Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

    – Journeyman Geek
    3 hours ago













  • @JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

    – A. Kiyoshi
    2 hours ago














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There's really good reasons you don't want to run arbitrary code on a client side system - if you can run wmic bios get serialnumber you could also run a virus, ransomware or other nasty stuff. Being able to identify a specific PC is also undesirable for privacy reasons. There's a good reason being able to uniquely identify a PC is a holy grail for companies - ranging from uniquely fingerprinting systems (panopticlick is a great example designed to show what companies do.



In short - its not possible, and it would be horrifying securitywise if it was. There's no reason a web server should/could be allowed to run arbitrary code and get uniquely identifying system on a client.






share|improve this answer













There's really good reasons you don't want to run arbitrary code on a client side system - if you can run wmic bios get serialnumber you could also run a virus, ransomware or other nasty stuff. Being able to identify a specific PC is also undesirable for privacy reasons. There's a good reason being able to uniquely identify a PC is a holy grail for companies - ranging from uniquely fingerprinting systems (panopticlick is a great example designed to show what companies do.



In short - its not possible, and it would be horrifying securitywise if it was. There's no reason a web server should/could be allowed to run arbitrary code and get uniquely identifying system on a client.







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  • ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago













  • If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago











  • Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

    – Journeyman Geek
    3 hours ago













  • @JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

    – A. Kiyoshi
    2 hours ago



















  • ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

    – A. Kiyoshi
    3 hours ago













  • If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

    – davidgo
    3 hours ago











  • Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

    – Journeyman Geek
    3 hours ago













  • @JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

    – A. Kiyoshi
    2 hours ago

















ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

– A. Kiyoshi
3 hours ago







ahh thank you, I really appreciate it. I am looking for a way to get an ID of a certain computer like who is using which, sort kind of information. Can you advice on that please? Its for employees log information required at work...

– A. Kiyoshi
3 hours ago















If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

– davidgo
3 hours ago





If you are looking to ensure the computer is authorised to the server, dont look to PHP. Use the web server and build a CA and issue client side certs which the server can validate.

– davidgo
3 hours ago













Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

– Journeyman Geek
3 hours ago







Get them to log in, and use that. The simplest solution is often the best.

– Journeyman Geek
3 hours ago















@JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

– A. Kiyoshi
2 hours ago





@JourneymanGeek thank you, we log the attendance of all employees through log in. We also wish to take more of an inventory or who is using which internet device since we use ipads, pc, etc. Its a factory and everybody using an internet device. Please if you guys have a clue on how to ID the device please advice

– A. Kiyoshi
2 hours ago


















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