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- From: cyberman@exucom.com (Stephen R. Phillips)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: How could I copy protect Borland C++ on a network ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.233247.12469@exucom.com>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 23:32:47 GMT
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- Organization: ExuCom MultiMedia Inc.
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- Luc Bussieres (bussiere@garrot.DMI.USherb.CA) wrote:
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- : We are in the process of evaluating different network
- : alternatives for our students labs. I have installed Borland C++ 3.1
- : on an nfs disk, and it is working perfectly. Now I'm trying to find a
- : way to restrict the copying of the executable files so that the
- : students won't be able to pirate it and to copy it to there home pc. I
- : have modify bc.exe with chmodd to execute only, I have try this with
- : other executable and it is working correctly. When I do this Borland
- : C++ is crashing, it seems that I need to read its own executable.
- :
- : Is there a way to protect Borland C++ from pirating on an nfs disk?
- :
- : Does novell as a copy protection feature that will work with Borland C++?
- :
- : Is the only way to protect it is to ask the student to not copy it ?
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- The way I would "protect" is restrict WHO can read it.
- In Unix you can say a file beongs to the system.
- That it's only readable by the system. But executable by anyone.
- That is what you wish to do.
- You could write a daemian that looks for a READ access from it and
- checks WHAT WHO issued the request. IE DOS itself or COPY.
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- Unfortunately Unix is much better in the security spectrum than Dos.
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- (Maybe linux/TCP/IP/X11R5/G++/GCC would be more secure?)
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- Cyberman
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