I feel like the whole thread of this conversation is going the wrong way. Ppl keep wanting to make more and more complex/technical solutions to this problem of cheating. Signatures, IDs, etc. etc. etc. It's very much like if someone breaks into your house - so you put bars on the window, and then they get in the front door, so you replace it with steel - and then they pick the lock - so you add an fingerprint/retinal scanner - so they then come down your chimney - so you close the fireplace - so then they use a chainsaw to come through the walls - so you side the house with steel - so they use the chainsaw on the roof - so you.... Well you get the idea.
I have no "fix", but I do have a feeling that the "harder walls = better security" is not the way to solve this problem. You're all thinking very comfortably inside the box - need to think outside the box. IMHO. Tom wrote: > we could have product activation like micrsoft with the phones personnaly > manned by valve > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ack Doh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] ogc required to play?? > > > >>i've always wondered why, during production, cd keys are not hard coded >> > onto > >>the cd-rom itself...instead of a machine that prints out stickers with >>unique key's, have a machine that writes bytes onto a specific location on >>the cd-rom itself... >>i know there are upsides and downsides to this...copying the cd = copying >>the key...but then it isnt immediately visible, and has to be viewed by >>inserting the cd-rom itself into a drive...etc... >> >>/quit rambling >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >> > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: > >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
