re: Dongle
- From: Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:08:04 -0800
Stacey,
A dongle is a piece of hardware (typically a
USB device) that is used for authorization.
It is typically used to provide authorization
to a software on a computer. When you lose
this, you cannot use a particular software
that uses it. In my opinion, dongles are not
a safe way for software authorization.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "stacey robinson"
<staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:55:14 -0600
Subject: Dongle
HI all,
What is a dongle and what is it used for?
Stacey and GEB dog Chesley
staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia" <bcsarah.fan@xxxxxxxxx
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:55 PM
Subject: the authorization topic
little did I know that this would generate
this much heated debate. I was
more asking the question out of curiousity
and because someone asked me. I
just remember when I had to re-authorize jaws
once that I was told that if I
needed to do it a lot that I should just use
the dongle. and I felt like
saying how am I supposed to predict when my
computer crashes? that's the
only reason I asked about it. I've also had
others act surprised when i said
that you could not put back the authorization
key and that you'd have to get
a new one. they didn't believe me. so,
then, just again out of curiousity,
why have the option to remove it in the first
place? is that meant more for
if you want to authorize jaws on a computer
that isn't your own and then
remove keys when you're done? and in that
case, wouldn't it make more sense
to ask for a dongle in those circumstances so
that you can run jaws off a
thumb drive? most people now a days seem to
have USB memory sticks, which
jaws can run off of. granted it's not the
full version that runs off your
pc, but it's great for those times when you
need it, and I think that when I
get a job I will use it that way so as not to
have to put out the employer
(not that they shouldn't have to supply it).
the asking of the question
because I thought that you could put the key
into a file as with your
settings like the dictionary settings for
example. but now I'm going ahead
of myself.
Patricia
e-mail: bcsarah.fan@xxxxxxxxx
msn: bc_sarah_fan@xxxxxxxxxxx
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