Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
that sounds just nice. thanks! ... even i would prefer a cheaper solution (because i'm selling the app at a very small price). Am 24.02.2006 3:05 Uhr schrieb Adrian Raper, Clarity unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ZINC lets you get the machineID of the computer you are running on in one call. We match this against an expected machineID written to a licence file during installation. (The licence file has a checksum). If they don't match, then you can catch it. If you are only selling the application once, or limited times, and can do the installation yourself this should be a pretty good casual protection. If you are selling lots, then you have to add an additional way to stop the installation being run more than once. And so the layers start going on! Adrian == Choose Clarity for effective, enjoyable, easy-to-use ELT software. Dr Adrian Raper, Technical Director Clarity Language Consultants Ltd (UK and Hong Kong) http://www.clarity.com.hk PO Box 163, Sai Kung, Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2791 1787, Fax: (+852) 2791 6484 Skype: adrian.raper ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
Dongles are cracked just as quickly. Accounting software however, generally has a 6 month update cycle for tax purposes, meaning that u need a new cracked version every six months. Hence most pyr8s don't bother. For a quick solution, force an update cycle. Meaning that your app times out after 6 months, and the user needs to get an upgraded version using their serial number. On 2/24/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that sounds just nice. thanks! ... even i would prefer a cheaper solution (because i'm selling the app at a very small price). Am 24.02.2006 3:05 Uhr schrieb Adrian Raper, Clarity unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ZINC lets you get the machineID of the computer you are running on in one call. We match this against an expected machineID written to a licence file during installation. (The licence file has a checksum). If they don't match, then you can catch it. If you are only selling the application once, or limited times, and can do the installation yourself this should be a pretty good casual protection. If you are selling lots, then you have to add an additional way to stop the installation being run more than once. And so the layers start going on! Adrian == Choose Clarity for effective, enjoyable, easy-to-use ELT software. Dr Adrian Raper, Technical Director Clarity Language Consultants Ltd (UK and Hong Kong) http://www.clarity.com.hk PO Box 163, Sai Kung, Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2791 1787, Fax: (+852) 2791 6484 Skype: adrian.raper ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- === neilhighley.com === 0784 324 7878 ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
3ds max used to use dongle protection. It got cracked usually the day it was released. Dongles are no harder to crack than software schemes. Either nobody cares enough about the accounting software to crack it, or as someone else suggested it's too much work... but I'd bet on the former. Dave - www.blurredistinction.com www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
hi all. i have a little vj app i'm developing. it'll be a flash projector app i'm developing for a club. i'm looking for ideas on how to protect this projector (protect against copying to other machines than the one in the club). is there anyway to get some unique machine id or anything else to makes sure this projector will only run on the machine it is intended to run on? any ideas are welcome. thanks: lars ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
On 2/23/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all. i have a little vj app i'm developing. it'll be a flash projector app i'm developing for a club. i'm looking for ideas on how to protect this projector (protect against copying to other machines than the one in the club). is there anyway to get some unique machine id or anything else to makes sure this projector will only run on the machine it is intended to run on? any ideas are welcome. thanks: lars No, you'll probably never be able to make it 100% secure. If your app becomes popular, cracks will appear on shady websites. If Adobe, MS, etc can't secure their apps, you probably won't be able to either. But, there are things you can do, that will stop causual users from copying it. Just don't do anything too annoying that will interfere with legitimate paying users. I know a couple of the swf2exe apps (MDM's Zinc in particular) have some ready-made protections you can use, might want to look into those (i've never used them myself, so can't help too much, sorry) -David R ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
zinc (multidmedia.com) has some commands that may be useful, e.g System.getHDSerial() and the System.registry commands could be useful too. http://www.multidmedia.com/support/learning/docs/ On 2/23/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all. i have a little vj app i'm developing. it'll be a flash projector app i'm developing for a club. i'm looking for ideas on how to protect this projector (protect against copying to other machines than the one in the club). is there anyway to get some unique machine id or anything else to makes sure this projector will only run on the machine it is intended to run on? any ideas are welcome. thanks: lars ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] method to authenticate/license a flash app?
ZINC lets you get the machineID of the computer you are running on in one call. We match this against an expected machineID written to a licence file during installation. (The licence file has a checksum). If they don't match, then you can catch it. If you are only selling the application once, or limited times, and can do the installation yourself this should be a pretty good casual protection. If you are selling lots, then you have to add an additional way to stop the installation being run more than once. And so the layers start going on! Adrian == Choose Clarity for effective, enjoyable, easy-to-use ELT software. Dr Adrian Raper, Technical Director Clarity Language Consultants Ltd (UK and Hong Kong) http://www.clarity.com.hk PO Box 163, Sai Kung, Hong Kong Tel: (+852) 2791 1787, Fax: (+852) 2791 6484 Skype: adrian.raper ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
