Date sent: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:26:54 -0700
From: Richard Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Cracking?
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> 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.
Even that does not work. A cracker can simply NOP the
"signature" and bypass the checks.
> --
> -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.
> >
> >
> >
>
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