[access-uk] Re: out of curiosity: software protection/encryption?

  • From: James English <james13english@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:42:11 +0000

I'm not sure, since you have to be a registered customer to download
my software.


On 2/10/15, Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was once talking to a software developer who said the best way to
> protect software is through a dongle. He said it could be cracked but
> he thought its much harder than online activation.
>
> On 2/10/15, Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello Everyone.
>>
>> Over the last few days, a question has been at the back of my mind and i
>> was wondering if anyone could shed any light on possible solutions for
>> future reference. as some of you may be aware, i was talking to someone
>> recently who is thinking of selling software. while that particular
>> question has been resolved to his satisfaction and he's carrying on with
>> his project, it got me thinking. when companies like freedomscientific,
>> eset etc release software, they must protect it in some way. obviously
>> they have online activation systems as well with the ability for the
>> customer to go and request their registration code. so my question is
>> this. has anyone ever had any experience of the kind of solutions they
>> use to protect the software? i'm assuming they'd use encryption? and has
>> anyone ever used online companies to manage software registrations? i
>> know quite a few companies exist where you can offer serial number
>> generation and registration for your customers and was wondering what
>> people's experiences were from a VI point of view?
>>
>> all the best,
>>
>> Mo.
>>
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