Hi, Not sure whether that is applicable to your project, Pete, but has anyone ever used dongle (i.e. hardware) protection for their projects? I am currently testing out HASP from Aladdin, and does the job so far (have not come very far yet in testing though).
It does offer to build calls to the key into the functions of the software you are building, and I am in the process of finding out if that includes ActionScript as well. What do you guys think about this kind of protection? Why isn't it used more often? Nik On 4/16/07, Blumenthal, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks all for your responses (and apologies for my tardy reply!) Roy - that's a really interesting idea. I have a couple of follow up questions though please. Were you then loading those SWFs into Director, rather than using a loadMovie to load them into Flash? I assume so, because although I could use the BinaryIO xtra to rewrite the files to disc, then load them into Flash, that would of course expose the unmumged files while the application was running. Also, how difficult would it be for someone familiar with the SWF format to identify and strip those junk bits? I am thinking perhaps this *could* be a solution given AS3's binary socket capabilities... Hairy Dog - thanks for the pointer - am still reading through the archives - not really inspiring much confidence though I'm afraid :( Gustavo - no, Flash can't do this unfortunately, and in most cases it's a fairly trivial matter to work around Director's protected external casts too (well, as far as retrieving the assets goes anyway, not the code though). Coincidentally, Brazil is one of our target territories - if you can shed any more light on the level of protection against piracy in south America that would be both useful and interesting... I guess we still need to have some more internal discussions about how secure is secure enough, how much effort to protect is too much effort etc etc. Anyway, thanks for the input all. Pete This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. This email was sent by a company within the corporate group owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, registered in England and Wales with company number 53723 and VAT number GB 278 5371 21. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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