Thanks allot for your indications. I already looked on cracking forums and web sites and the conclusions are pretty 'dark'. Those guys can crack anything. For example this guy was quite funny http://www.woodmann.com/fravia/compro2.htm. As I know, until now there is no application that poses a real challenge to those crackers. All applications were cracked sooner or latter.
Anyway I am not interested in implementing a very powerful protection scheme since my software have a very limited marked so it won't be very popular like Winamp, Windows, Delphi, ACDSee. So there will be very little interest for crackers to crack my software. I just want a very flexible and STABLE solution. A solution which will allow me to generate unique keys, temporary keys, partially keys... The main problem for unique (hardware based) keys is: what will happen if the customer will upgrade his hardware. I should generate for him a new key. But the question is how often should I allow a customer to ask for a new key? I really need some opinions about this issue. --- Cosmin Prund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tip: > > Before you make your decision on a component for trialware-enabling your > application consider looking it up on "cracking" forums and P2P programs. > There might be a "generic crack" available for that component and that would > make cracking your programs very easy. > > Also be aware a crackers interest in cracking a given protection schema is > based on the popularity of the protected software. When you're sharing your > protection schema with many other applications you're automatically > increasing cracker interest in your application. > > If you're unlucky enough to select a "popular" protection schema with > available generic cracks, it will be worst then using your own code. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Human > > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:05 PM > > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > > Subject: What VCL do you use for protecting your application? > > > > Hello. > > I want to implement a protection for one of my programs to make it > > trialware. > > I used until now my own component but now I want to use a professional > > solution that allow me to > > generate unique keys based on hardware ID. > > > > I've tried TmxProtect but it is unstable and has almost no documentation > > (but is free). > > With a little improvement it will be the best VCL around. But until then I > > need something else. > > > > I also tried other VCLs but I've found only bad jokes. For example a VCL > > at 199$ which was weak > > then mine and had no hardware ID options. > > > > > > Any idea? > > > > > > If I choose Christianity then the Islamic will say I'm a pagan. > > If I choose Islamic then the Buddhism will say I'm a pagan. > > If I chose Buddhism then the Jewish will say I'm pagan. > > If I choose no God then everybody will say I'm pagan. > > Please, can I be free? Can you NOT tell me how I should live MY life? > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > If I choose Christianity then the Islamic will say I'm a pagan. If I choose Islamic then the Buddhism will say I'm a pagan. If I chose Buddhism then the Jewish will say I'm pagan. If I choose no God then everybody will say I'm pagan. Please, can I be free? Can you NOT tell me how I should live MY life? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
