This is the probem with registration schemes, the more common of a format you use, the
faster it is cracked. Thus rolling your own
makes it more secure.
Steve
"Schau, Brian" wrote:
> Just an idea - there is nothing wrong in having something as
> regcode. But instead of sending the hex output of XX chars
> it might be better to send the hashed value (algorithm to be
> found ..!)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Burmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 1:47 AM
> > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > Subject: Re: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration for my app"
> > (was: Free tool for anyone who can use it)
> >
> >
> > From: "Richard M. Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: FAQ fodder: "How do I implement registration for
> > my app" (was:
> > Free tool for anyone who can use it)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > What's the difference between using regcode and creating
> > one for yourself
> > > at that point if neither is supported by the middleman?
> > (Well, there is
> > one
> > > difference: your own can be as secure as you can make it ...)
> > >
> > > All I am saying is that there is a complete registration
> > solution out
> > there
> > > that people can use w/o banging their heads against the
> > wall reinventing
> > > the wheel -- not that everybody should be using it, just that it is
> > > available.
> > >
> >
> > Richard,
> >
> > I was not saying that there is anything wrong with RegCode.
> > It looks like a
> > fine system for transmitting user names in an unambiguous
> > format. The point
> > of my original post ("Free tool for anyone who can use it")
> > was that if you
> > have released software that requires customers to send you
> > their user name,
> > as I have, and if you have customers who have difficulty
> > doing so, as I
> > have, then you might obtain an immediate benefit from giving
> > them a copy of
> > UserName.prc which will help them find out what their user
> > name actually is.
> > This seems to me to be easier than rewriting your app to
> > include RegCode or
> > forcing them to change their user name to something simple
> > that they can't
> > get wrong.
> >
> >
> >
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