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: Richard Schreyer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:41:37 -0700
To be honest, I don't know about the exact implementation details of
Ambrosia's system, how they get around those difficulties, or exactly
where they store the password. I just wanted to make sure that people
knew the bit about being forced to phone home at a random moment wasn't
the case.
Richard Schreyer
On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 12:34 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On sxndag, juli 28, 2002, at 08:50 , Richard Schreyer wrote:
A lot of people seem to misunderstand how Ambrosia's registration
scheme works. When you get the code, the program will accept it for
30 days. Once it's accepted, it stays accepted. No getting new
numbers, no phoning home, etc.
So the serial is a hash on the name & current day or similar.
But if the unlocking key is then written to the prefernces file then
what prevents the user from reading it there and giving that away?
And is anything done to prevent the user from simply turning back his
clock when entering the fake serial he obtained?
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