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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDaryl Carvis Cromer, Richard Alan Dayan, Eric Richard Kern, Randall Scott Springfield, Joseph Wayne Freeman, Robert Duane Johnson, Brandon Jon Ellison
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A method and system are disclosed for substituting an anonymous Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for a computer system's real UUID in order to disguise an identity of the computer system to an application which is requesting a UUID for the client computer system. A storage device is established in the computer system. The storage device includes a primary and a second location. A UUID stored in the primary location is used as a UUID for the computer system. An anonymous UUID is generated. The anonymous UUID does not identify any particular computer system. The anonymous UUID is stored in the primary location within the storage device, and the real UUID is backed up by moving it into the secondary location. Thereafter, the anonymous UUID is provided in response to requests for the computer system's UUID.
A method for substituting an anonymous Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for a computer system's real UUID in order to disguise an identity of said computer system to an application requesting a UUID for said client computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
A system for substituting an anonymous Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) for a computer system's real UUID in order to disguise an identity of said computer system to an application requesting a UUID for said client computer system, said computer system including a CPU, comprising:
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