> I don't suspect this kind of thing would be hard to roll your own. > The "hard" part is coming up with an unlock code/mechanism > that can't > be trivially cracked.
On Windows I use Armadillo - http://www.siliconrealms.com I've never been cracked. It blocks Soft Ice and similar debuggers and even if they unwrap the protective shield around the app' I use nanomites (a feature of Armadillo) to obfuscate critical parts of the code. Not only are these impossible to decipher Armadillo places over 2,500 fake entry points into the app' making cracking a nightmare. Crackers web pages I've visited to see how Armadillo stacked up advise wanna-be pirates to choose a program that is not protect by Armadillo instead. I haven't tried it with Rev and it is *only* a Windows 32 and 64 bit tool. It also shrinks the final executable. A traditional way of protecting an app' is leaving critical code blocks out of the trial version. There is less chance of a hacker getting the missing code blocks and making their own that there is for them enabling something that is disabled for the demo. For example - being able to add new records to a database by providing only the code for editing and not inserting. Scott Kane Moderator: comp.software.shareware.* _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
