Hi Richard, Thanks for posting the sites.
Interesting Thread. Dave Calkins Richard Gaskin wrote: > > One thing I've always thought about is using a foreign constant in the > > algorithm. Something like an reversal of an animal's name (like "noil" for > > "lion") that has nothing to do with the company or product would be fed into > > the algorithm. It's not something that is likely to be guessed, and it would > > be necessary to know in order to hack the algorithm. > > ...unless they're watching the routine execute in a low-level debugger. > > But for purely sentimental reasons I tend to use string constants as part of > the reg arithmetic myself, often the first name of whomever I'm dating at > the time. :) The arithmetic used is trivial but annoyingly spaghetti-ized; > it's more a test of the cracker's patience than their skill. > > Which raises an interesting point: why would someone spend $100-worth of > their time to crack a $70 program? Ego: these folks live to be the most > reliable supplier of cracks. In their insular world, reputation is > currency. > > Some anti-crackers suggest this scheme, temptingly devious in the way it > takes the ego factor into account: between releases, embed any known stolen > reg codes in the software, but don't reject them during registration. > Instead, go ahead and let the program be unlocked -- but kick in a 30-day > timer, after which the user is notified that the reg code was a stolen one > and to contact you if they want a working code. > > The sweet part is the effect on the social standing of the > crack-distributor: he cracks it, it works, so he posts it. Folks grab it, > find it doesn't really work, and the cracker gets a rep for being sloppy and > unreliable. :) > > Trivia from Reg Code History: it's been said that for years any MS product > could be unlocked by entering all 1's. Marketshare over security. > > More good reading on the topic: > > Defending Shareware Against Cracks > <http://www.senseofsecurity.com/sharenc.asp> > > How to shut down acrack sites > <http://Anticrack.VirtualAve.net/> > > And the oft-cited "FRAVIA'S 'HOW TO PROTECT BETTER'" > <http://www.searchlores.org/protec/protec.htm> > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms > Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any Database on Any Site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
