Yep, if it prevents some unauthorized usage by "day-pirates" with little or no effect on the legit user, all power to them. Just keep it off server products please.
Stace -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Macromedia Updates Contribute Thomas Chiverton wrote: > > To summerise the main one playing on my mind: > 1) Once registered, what happens if there is a DNS or other problem that > prevents the deamon phoning home or successfully talking to MM? Will the > server be shut down ? http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/faq/#itemA-15 > If this were to appear in the ColdFusion server[*] IMHO, going outside the file system on a server is not something to be undertaken lightly. Especially on systems running non-mainstream unices where CF is deployed on top of a non-mainstream J2EE application servers it is not something I would want to QA. On the other hand, I think Macromedia has choosen a very non-invasive method for doing this and I expect it will work quite OK for developer tools (provided no unexpected BSODs occur when burning a CD :-) ). I even think that if this initiative turns out not to be a success for Contribute that is most likely because there are too many loopholes, not because there is too much hassle for legitimate users. Time will tell. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
