I've also been using the HD serial number to try and stop people making
illegal copies of my code, and also encountered batches of machines with the
same number.
Does anyone know of a foolproof way of uniquely identifying a machine so
that code can be locked to only work on that machine?
I went around this last year, and several machine ID schemes came up, all with
shortcomings.
HDD ID - great until the drive is swapped (or another drive has the same ID)
Network card ID - apparently this is definitely a unique Serial number but it
requires a network card in the PC
CPU ID - this
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Behalf Of Tom Munro Glass
Sent: Tuesday, 31 August 1999 18:41
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Subject: RE: [DUG]: Hard drive serial Number
I've also been using the HD serial number to try and stop
| Network card ID - apparently this is definitely a unique Serial
| number but it requires a network card in the PC
Are you talking about the MAC address? I so, this is no longer unique (well
it must be within any one network of course) because many of the clone cards
allow the MAC address to
Except the disable is in the bios - so, in theory at least, you could turn
it on again.
Max
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 August 1999 11:25
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--- Leo Ramakers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...the hard disk ID is a valid copy protect scheme.
If I buy a new hard-disk, will your software stop working?
Will I have to reinstall it, or would I have to get a new key from you?
These things would bug me, as a consumer.
Cheers,
Kerry S
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There has been a fair bit of discussion on the group about _how_ to do
copy protection.
To me the biggest question is whether to do it or not. I don't suggest
giving your software away, but simply having the name of the company
that purchased the software written on all output always on screen
I use MySQl for copy protection because my apps are internet related.
Still need the hard drive serial number thou to decide if a computer that
is loging in is a different (and disallowed) computer than the one already
logged in or if it is the same computer relogging in becasue of conection
...the hard disk ID is a valid copy protect scheme.
If I buy a new hard-disk, will your software stop working?
Will I have to reinstall it, or would I have to get a new key from you?
assuming you are replacing the hard drive that hosted the software, of course
you will have to reinstall the
Sorry am running Mdaemon and the way it is configured am
unsure of the correct email address for Delphi-Offtopic. Can someone please
supply to that I can email that section.
Cheers,
Matt.
--- Leo Ramakers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...the hard disk ID is a valid copy protect scheme.
If I buy a new hard-disk, will your software stop working?
Will I have to reinstall it, or would I have to get a new key from
you?
assuming you are replacing the hard drive that hosted the
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