On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 10:27:09AM +0200, Aaron Ardiri wrote:
>
> Tom - shut up already, now you are getting on my nerves and
> probably everyone else in the news group too.
Now you seek to speak for the news group?
The reason I responded to your original message is that every time
someone asks about protecting their software you post that you will
present a paper at palmsource that will give an exhaustive and final
answer to this question. Even when I have something in existence now
that answers something I leave it at one note and link. I simply got
tired of being told of your wonderful chess game experience for the
Nth time.
> > The merits of the various techniques have been discussed here and on
> > other threads. So if the paper is merely something that can be known
> > from reading the archives here, the time might be better spend, but I
> > doubt that is all that is in the paper. But I don't know what it is.
>
> source code, source code.... and more source code.
>
> screw the "idea" or "thought" about what you can do.. but one of
> the largest lacking things people do NOT have right now is example
> source code on how you to implement the techniques. you will get a
> sh*tload of code examples in this paper, thats worth much more than
> theoretical crap.
Which you have noted are breakable, noisome, or otherwise not worth it
in other messages. If the "when" tends to be "never", of what use is
the "how"?
> Tom, if you are such a master - then please, let us know of a
> website that shows example code (for the Palm) of how you can
> write your programs in a manner that may deter kiddy crackers?
> not easy to find if you ask me.. so thats why i am putting it
> in one little document based on my own personal experiences.
I don't know of any, but I suspect that within a few hours of
publication, generic cracking routines enumerating the techniques in
your paper will appear.
I don't normally point to web sites which do bad things, so just as
most people don't post warez site pointers, I wouldn't post to a "how
to cripple your software" site. And even you point out that
techniques need to be kept at least a bit secret for them to have any
effectiveness.
Now I can expect horribly annoying +.1 versions of previously good
programs will appear then die since the protection will be as easily
broken as the good will of the users.
The only upside is they can then more easily be displaced by
opensource versions. I've tried in general not to personally displace
shareware with opensource in the past, but I make an exception for
crippleware.
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