If you don't use a reg code but distribute
full apps separately, you can make certain
that each one distributed is identifiable
via some sort of "fingerprint" (e.g. PGP
signing). You can't prevent him from
distributing it, but you -can- trace it
to him.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danko Radic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:58 AM
> To: 3com Palm Pilot Developers Forum
> Subject: Cracking?
>
>
> Well, there was a lot of words about cracking preventions
> etc. Just one
> simple question:
> Ok, you can make registration routine as sofisticated as
> possible, self
> modifying code etc, but you have to decode all of that in
> order to user
> can use registrated application. Now, how can you prevent the
> pirate to
> register as regular user and sell *his registrated* app. Ok,
> they can make
> some eventually needed patches that patch user's 'personal'
> data to his
> (so that app can work) and then depatch it to old values when exiting.
>
>
>
