I see some suspicious numbers (shadowing?)

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#1

So hi all. I have some strange things.

If i run command @lshw@ on whonix i see next thing:

description: CPU
product: Intel® Core™ i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.5.2
serial: 0002-0652-0000-0000-0000-0000 (WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!)
slot: LGA1156
size: 3066MHz
capacity: 3800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 133MHz

And when i run @LSHW@ on hosh (debian) i dont see this nubmers. And i ask on INTEL support they tell me that this nubmers dont really serial of my corei3. So what is this? Can anyone help me?

#2

Good day,

Please google before asking. The way the serial number is shown is a standard output for when your OEM hasn’t implemented the serial enquiry properly. In a VM a number with lots of zero’s is shown to simulate this. That’s why your host OS probably says “To Be Filled By O.E.M.”.

Have a nice day,

Ego

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#3

tnx Ego! I google! And i google many times. But hard to understand cuz im from russia (bad eng).

do you mean that it is an imitation of the serial number in virtualbox? many words I did not understand from you .

#4

EGo!

#5

Good day,

Yes, if your OEM didn’t provide a proper serial number on the host.

Have a nice day,

Ego

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#6

Ego hi again! I use on tha host this command @sudo dmidecode | grep Serial@ (its like cpuid)
and i see some serial number like this:

Serial number: 82758275-8009872
Serial number: S109WN2X
Serial number: N\A
Serial number: N\A

and when i use this command on whonix i dont see this numbers.

Serial number: 0
Serial number: 0
Serial number: N\A
Serial number: N\A

Is this my REAL CPU serial numbers? (intel corei3)

#7

Ego tnx.

#8

Good day,

This are the serials of your PC, not your CPU. That’s why the virtual machine doesn’t show anything at all.

Have a nice day,

Ego

#9

so all computers have the PC serial? or only some? I thought there is no such numbers like that

#10

Good day,

Yes, every PC has such a unique identifier written in its BIOS.

Have a nice day,

Ego

#11

but this number with zeros , is it can see in the HOST too? just a little do not understand , this numberis issued on
only virtual machines ? I just have one friend, he use qubes,and he have the same numbers too(0002-0652-0000-0000-0000-0000)

#12

Good day,

Like I’ve said before, on host it only shows “To be filled by O.E.M”.

Have a nice day,

Ego

#13

so much tnx for answers! But now i see UUID on whonix like OO0A827Z-72S2 … and other numbers. what is this? is it unique number ? nobody have that in google

#14

each new virtual machine created new UUID number ?

#15

Good day,

Yes. Every Linux based system uses a UUID to be uniquely identifiable. So every new installation of Whonix has its own UUID.

Have a nice day,

Ego