[access-uk] Re: out of curiosity: software protection/encryption?
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 21:22:25 +0000
Ari,
while the dingle is in principle a more secure way of protecting
software there are two very distinct disadvantages.
1) unless there is an alternative verification system in place if you
lose your dongle( or it gets stolen) your basically snookered
2) some dongles have to remain in the usb slot during the complete
session in order to avoid interrupting the software, that leaves one
usb port unusable if you have limited ports ( if you need more then
two ports for other devices and don't have them, then in that instance
the dongle is a no go solution)
ATB
Shaun
On 10/02/2015 20:42, James English wrote:
> I'm not sure, since you have to be a registered customer to download
> my software.
>
>
> On 2/10/15, Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I was once talking to a software developer who said the best way to
>> protect software is through a dongle. He said it could be cracked but
>> he thought its much harder than online activation.
>>
>> On 2/10/15, Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello Everyone.
>>>
>>> Over the last few days, a question has been at the back of my mind and i
>>> was wondering if anyone could shed any light on possible solutions for
>>> future reference. as some of you may be aware, i was talking to someone
>>> recently who is thinking of selling software. while that particular
>>> question has been resolved to his satisfaction and he's carrying on with
>>> his project, it got me thinking. when companies like freedomscientific,
>>> eset etc release software, they must protect it in some way. obviously
>>> they have online activation systems as well with the ability for the
>>> customer to go and request their registration code. so my question is
>>> this. has anyone ever had any experience of the kind of solutions they
>>> use to protect the software? i'm assuming they'd use encryption? and has
>>> anyone ever used online companies to manage software registrations? i
>>> know quite a few companies exist where you can offer serial number
>>> generation and registration for your customers and was wondering what
>>> people's experiences were from a VI point of view?
>>>
>>> all the best,
>>>
>>> Mo.
>>>
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