Very true, and these guys have an ftp server. I think my app has already
made it there, they got tired of re-cracking it.
If people feel strongly about their site and cant shut it down, there is
always the DoS attacks...
Chris
At 07:59 PM 6/8/99 +0100, you wrote:
>We're inclined to go with the periodic code rearranging system, so that
>byte-offset hacks will only be effective for a short time. That works for
>warez sites that just link to the author's download page, but not (of
>course) if a warez site pops up with pre-cracked versions of software.
>That's pretty much Game Over, isn't it, unless you go into seriously loopy
>code such as the stuff Aaron is suggesting?
>
>As this is a group with readers at Palm, can anyone think of OS support that
>could be provided for authors to stop hacking? OS support for digitally
>signed/encrypted apps? Hey, that sounds cool. Since OS 3.3 is nearly upon
>us, maybe it's a maybe for OS 3.4...
>
>Seeya,
>David
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Christian Vandendorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: 08 June 1999 18:22
>Subject: RE: cracking site - how do we shut it down?
>
>
>> >For some reason there is a distinct lack of rabidity on this subject from
>> >this here group. The vibe I'm getting here is that generally it is
>hopeless
>> >or not worth the effort to fight the piracy, so why bother.
>>
>> It bothers me, but there is not much you can do. It is always possible to
>> look at the code and use a NOP. What I do is, every week I change the
>> location of my registration function inside my code and recompile, this
>> breaks their crack until somebody complains and fixes it.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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