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Introduction                                                   
9/22/98 VideoSoft #1 - Using RegMon   Using a registry monitor to track down registry licenses
9/23/98 VideoSoft #2 - The Easier Way    A quicker method to find registry licenses
9/23/98 Compiled Demos   How to tell the difference between a demo and the real thing
9/24/98 ZDNet Passwords  Weak passwords for online webzines
9/25/98 Cracking GreenTree (Wise Install)   Using a frequently overlooked command-line switch
9/27/98 Cracking VBElf (Zip Passwords)  More on weak passwords
9/28/98 Registry Licensing  How do those registry licenses work?
9/29/98 Using .LIC files  Explaining .LIC files
9/29/98 Protoview  An example of a security hole in FrontPage web bots
10/7/98 SaxSoft Keygen  Using VB to make serial numbers
10/8/98 DataDynamics Keygen More keygens in VB
10/9/98 VideoSoft Registry Codes  All the registry codes for VideoSoft products
12/18/98 Tidestone Formula One and First Impression  Serial numbers for a lame licensing policy
12/18/98 Dameware Development ActiveX Controls   Finding license strings in the control itself
12/21/98 21Hex DockIt Different protection, same old story
12/26/98 Inabyte InaGrid  Finding license strings in the control again
3/25/99 Debugging ActiveX Controls  Every once in a while we need to break out the real tools
3/25/99 Those Rediculous LPK Files  This is getting worse and worse
4/5/99 Cracking VB Controls with Smartcheck  An often-overlooked tool
4/13/99 The Art of Guessing  Sometimes the best tool is our own head
4/19/99 The Cracking Method  An overview of cracking an ActiveX control
4/19/99 Quick Hacks  A few more tricks