From: Jean Cyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 09:25 AM 6/9/99, you wrote:
> >No code is crack proof.
> >
> >The only way to prevent unauthorized use is to make it unprofitable
> >for a would-by cracker. Make the cracking task cost more than his
> >profit from the crack code.
> Bad assumption. Most of these guys are ego driven, and make
> no money at all from producing cracks. A better analogy would be the
> car theft protection one. No anti theft device for automobiles is 100%
> burglar proof. If they want your car, they will get it. The general idea
> is that an anti theft device will cause the burgler to pick an easier
> target.
Profit is more than just $$$. One's time is worth something. Also,
most of the crackers that break these codes don't just give the info
away.
A simple code that just takes an extreme amount of time to crack is
not as appealing to a 'high tech' code that takes an extreme amount
of time.
Anyone who trys to defeat these people using 'high tech' code is
surely going to attract them.
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