Re: time-based beta termination system
Re: time-based beta termination system
- Subject: Re: time-based beta termination system
- From: Prachi Gauriar <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:54:29 -0500
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 11:54 PM, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
At 17:26 Uhr -0700 23.07.2003, Francisco Tolmasky wrote:
Anybody know a good reliable way to make betas terminate/stop working
after x amount of days or after some date? I'd like something more
reliable than just checking the date and thus not working if someone
sets their clocks backwards.
I don't think there's a real way around that. You could of course save
the last date your app was run somewhere (invisible Prefs file?) and
refuse to launch if the current date is before that (but don't say
"you're trying to hack me!" to the user ... that'll only invite the
hackers to try harder -- better just show the same "expired" message).
If you're network connected, why not try to contact a network time
server? If that fails (no network or some other connection error),
then check the system clock?
-Prachi
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