Re: Registration Code
Re: Registration Code
- Subject: Re: Registration Code
- From: Will Mason <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:12:03 -0800 (PST)
- Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
> I think developers spend too much time on those "funky registration
> code hiding things", but it's stolen time. Some people will always
> give
> away registration codes to friends. If you app is good and has an
> adequate price, there will also be many people who will buy it.
>
> So, in my opinion, we developers should spend more time in developing
>
> great applications, instead of non-working piracy protection things.
> ;-)
I don't agree. I've spent most of my career working on security, and I
agree that it is impossible to secure an app 100%. However, you can
with minimal effort prevent 99% of attacks on your software. Even if
you encrypted the "secret" information using a key that was hard-coded
into your program you could prevent the vast majority of crackers from
achieving their goal. The attackers would have to hack in and find the
key. Most attackers are not willing to do that.
My recommendation therefore is to encrypt your private information even
using a hard-coded key. Most crackers are too lazy to bother with
encryption even when it's so easily circumvented.
I actually believe, probably because of my background in security, that
developers don't spend enough time on security. Most software would be
a lot more secure and equally easy to use if people took the time to
understand the basics of cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
Just my opinion,
Will Mason
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