Re: [Dev-C++] Questions about porting to windows

[P.T. W. M. <pt...@ea...>]

Goran,

At 08:31 11-12-03, Goran Raki=C4=87 wrote:

>Hi,
>
>2) As it will be commercial application, I want to know how can I protect=
 it
>from copying? I want to do serial number check that will be entered on=
 first
>time use of application. But keeping some flag that the app is registered=
 is
>pointless, as everybody can just copy app from host to host.
>
>So I had some ideas to make a algorithm that will check some system thing
>(like processor serial number, HDD serial or something other), and than
>accept only one value of serial number. So the user will have machine ID,=
 and
>than call service center, ask for serial number, enter it and that serial
>will work only on that computer.
>
>Problems: well if algorithm is plain, it can be cracked so everybody will=
=20
>have
>serials ;), than I donow know how to get Hardware data, and what is that
>hardware data that I can use for serial generating.

Check out Armadillo at http://www.siliconrealms.com.  It will protect your=
=20
software by wrapping it in an encrypted shell, even while it's=20
running!  The PRO version allows you to do hardware locking like you=
 describe.

Patrick
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