NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/apps/12312

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From: [e-mail] (Adam Frix)
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Subject: Re: SPA piracy raid: Call for Solutions
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 21:10:06 EST
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[e-mail] (Robert Weinberg) writes:

RW> It would be really neat to see people throw out their favorite
RW> solutions to the problem. My suggestion is given below. It
RW> attempts to make software similar to any other possession:
RW> you can lend it, but there is always the chance you won't
RW> get it back. Here goes:

you know, I think I like this.  And there's really no need to send the
original disk back.  Simply have, in the About box, some way for the user to
interact with the encryption key at the publisher's direction.  Let's say I
call Informix and tell them I want the updated disks (of whatever kind, be
they program updates, or additional utilities, or whatever).  Informix tells
me to pull up the About box, and in the little text entry box, plug in some
number.  I do, and some other number appears in another field.  I read the
resultant number to Informix; they go backward (lookup table, or calculation,
or something) to determine my encryption key, and pull up the record _for that
copy_ on their screen.  Voila.  No need for Informix people to spend their
days inserting disks and pulling up encrypted keys.  They then tell me what I
need to do, how much I need to spend, and whatnot.

not a half bad idea, not bad at all.

--Adam--

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