Re: Serial number verification / obfuscation (was: Re: Hiding
Re: Serial number verification / obfuscation (was: Re: Hiding
- Subject: Re: Serial number verification / obfuscation (was: Re: Hiding
- From: Pierre-Olivier Latour <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:25:08 +0200
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>> Is there a consensus on which is "safer," i.e. more hack-proof?
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> None of these methods are hack-proof to any extent that matters. People
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> will either:
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> 1) Distribute the serial numbers, or create a serial number generator
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> 2) Patch the code that verifies the serial number
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>
Just a thought - it's much easier to distribute a serial number than a
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patch or cracked version, so if it's a case of the lesser-of-two-evils,
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forcing them to physically patch your software is probably going to leave
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you much better off. For serials, there's Surfers or several
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unfortunately-popular sites. For patches, there's what, Hotline? Few
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will be able to find your patch, let alone be willing to risk installing
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it.
So serial number distributed on the internet is _the_ issue. That brings
back my question: ;)
What would you do if you knew one of your customers has put his serial on
the internet? A global black list of all cheating customer shared between
shareware developers (just a thought - I don't think it's really do-able)?
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Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.pol-online.net
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