Cigar wrote:
> What I want:
> - the simplest thing that could possibly work!
A splash screen that informs the user that it's
confidential data, and that unauthorized use will
lead to prosecution?
Besides, I think it's not the program you need to
protect, but the data. Think about that. Who cares
Tony Nelson wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am developing a program for a client. She runs a shop where her
> > clients bring in items for sale or short term buyback. Development of
> > the program has been going great but she's mentioned th
Istvan Albert wrote:
> > I could ask her, "If you can't break it is that good enough security?"
>
> Guess not. Most non-programmers think everyone else who knows some
> programming is a some sort of hacker genius.
>
> Instead come up with a simple solution then explain her how it will
> works. I t
> I could ask her, "If you can't break it is that good enough security?"
Guess not. Most non-programmers think everyone else who knows some
programming is a some sort of hacker genius.
Instead come up with a simple solution then explain her how it will
works. I think in the ensuing conversation y
Istvan Albert wrote:
> >was using to track clients and transactions. He couldn't demonstrate
> >the program for one reason or another because it was protected in a way
> >that neither could circumvent. (She didn't remember how it was
> >protected, she had hired this person a long time ago.)
>
> I
Myles Strous wrote:
> What's more, Tim Golden's wmi module (see
> http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi.html) makes getting at these
> numbers very easy:
>
> import wmi
> c = wmi.WMI ()
> for thingy in c.Win32_NetworkAdapter():
> print "Network Adaptor", thingy.MACAddress
> for thingy in c.Win
I would write a companion program that works like this:
$ protector -lock filename.exe
and
$ protector -unlock filename.exe
the -lock switch would simply get the file size of filename.exe
then generate a random chunk of data the same size, xor it
with filename.exe and write the chunk data to a
On 4 Oct 2005 03:49:50 -0700, "Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Paul Rubin wrote:
>> "Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Now that I'm three months into the development of this program, my
>> > client tells me she would like to protect her investment by preventing
>> > her employees from doi
Paul Rubin wrote:
> Suppose that competitor's program that her employee had illicitly
> brought her wasn't protected, so she was able to run it. You might
> ask her whether, ethical issues aside, she would be willing to use it
> on a daily basis, given it sounds like people in her industry know
>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am developing a program for a client. She runs a shop where her
> clients bring in items for sale or short term buyback. Development of
> the program has been going great but she's mentioned that there is a
> 'feature' comin
>was using to track clients and transactions. He couldn't demonstrate
>the program for one reason or another because it was protected in a way
>that neither could circumvent. (She didn't remember how it was
>protected, she had hired this person a long time ago.)
I'd venture to guess that neither
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 01:43, Svennglenn wrote:
> Have the program check for a file hidden somewhere on the computer.
> For instance, if the file dummyfile.dll doesn't exist in the
> windows/system32 folder the program just doesn't start. And when you
> install the program on her computer just
"Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think the BIGGEST threat here is a feeling of vulnerablity. She now
> realizes that she is in a position that her competition was many years
> ago when she came into possesion of program the 'other side' was using
> and that she is now vulnerable. She wants
Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Now that I'm three months into the development of this program, my
> > client tells me she would like to protect her investment by preventing
> > her employees from doing the same to her. (Going to the competition
> > and using her progra
"Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I may have to just put password protection in and if she hangs herself
> by 'sharing' the password with underlings she trusts (at the
> present)... again that's outside of my control of protecting her.
You could have the password automatically change once a mo
Mike Meyer wrote:
> First thing to know; you can't stop someone who's sufficiently
> determined to run the program.
I have explained to her that I can't prevent someone who REALLY wants
her program from tossing a rock through her front window and making off
with her PC. They'd get the hardware an
> What I want:
> - the simplest thing that could possibly work!
>
Have the program check for a file hidden somewhere on the computer.
For instance, if the file dummyfile.dll doesn't exist in the
windows/system32 folder the program just doesn't start. And when you
install the program on her compute
Mike Meyer wrote:
> You don't need to install special hardware to get that. There are a
> number of pieces of hardware that you can find in a modern computer
> that may have a unique serial number you can use as a
> dongle. Possibilities include a CPU serial number, an HD serial
> number, and the
"Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now that I'm three months into the development of this program, my
> client tells me she would like to protect her investment by preventing
> her employees from doing the same to her. (Going to the competition
> and using her program.)
Exactly what is the thr
"Cigar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now that I'm three months into the development of this program, my
> client tells me she would like to protect her investment by preventing
> her employees from doing the same to her. (Going to the competition
> and using her program.)
First thing to know; yo
I am developing a program for a client. She runs a shop where her
clients bring in items for sale or short term buyback. Development of
the program has been going great but she's mentioned that there is a
'feature' coming up in the next couple of weeks that she'd like me to
implement that has me
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