[access-uk] Re: out of curiosity: software protection/encryption?
- From: George Bell <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:31:13 +0000
Hi Shaun,
I wouldn’t exactly describe having to have the dongle in place all the times as
a problem. The whole idea is NOT to put anything on the PC you are using, and
run the speech entirely from the dongle.
Besides, you can get quite low cost USB splitters these days.
George.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Shaun O'Connor
Sent: 10 February 2015 21:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: out of curiosity: software protection/encryption?
Ari,
while the dingle is in principle a more secure way of protecting software there
are two very distinct disadvantages.
1) unless there is an alternative verification system in place if you lose your
dongle( or it gets stolen) your basically snookered
2) some dongles have to remain in the usb slot during the complete session in
order to avoid interrupting the software, that leaves one usb port unusable if
you have limited ports ( if you need more then two ports for other devices
and don't have them, then in that instance the dongle is a no go solution)
ATB
Shaun
On 10/02/2015 20:42, James English wrote:
I'm not sure, since you have to be a registered customer to download
my software.
On 2/10/15, Ari Damoulakis
<aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx><mailto: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><mailto: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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