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- From: ganterth@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Ganter)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Copy Protection
- Date: 06 Feb 1996 14:46:42 GMT
- Organization: Math. Institut der TU Muenchen
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- Message-ID: <1996Feb6.154642@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de>
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- In article <4equip$7k2@sundog.tiac.net>, Darius Taghavy <dart@ycrdi.com> writes:
- |> [...copy protection...]
- |> Considerations:
- |> - secret data/code in block that is then mapped as bad block
- On a hard disk? Heavy. What if the user decides to
- buy a bigger HD? has he a installation disk/utility.
- If it were so, the copy protection is obsolete.
-
- |> - username encrypted in executable (during installation)
- Ist't it better to use a Key file? If you produce an update,
- every user will have to make his own new executable.
- If you have a patch, spatch will not work.
-
- |> - environment variable
- ?
-
- |> - CDROM only, span entire 600MB space, so pirates would have to
- |> dedicate a 600MB hard disk if they want to steal (unlikely scenario)
- Cramp. I could copy a CDrom for less that DM 30.- (US-$ 20.-) here
- at a public place. I'm sure if someone really serious about copying your
- CD could gain access to a CD ROm Writer as easily.
-
-
- - Thomas
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