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by pintu

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i would like to know different methods of preventing software from unauthorized copying, installation and/or usage.
i wrote one software for which i dont want
any of their user to make copy of it,or
install it without my permission or using
that without any authentication.
maily i need some methods regarding this. and their technical description would
do lot.
kindly any who have this type of stuff in their mind reply me for help.

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by fenaikh

Hi
there are many types of software protection.
there is physical and softwar.
The physical include dingles, damage to media ... ect in the otherhand sfotawer use only program to protect.
pls check these

1 - Softlocx
Create trialware and demos, rent software, and more with this copy-protection program for software

http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,49611,.html

2 - VBOLock Copy Protection
Add copy protection to your apps.

http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,47942,.html

You will find more in the last pages of pcmag
and other mag.

Good luck
Mohamed

by pintu

your answare is related to preventing installation, but whatever installation is given to one user with one unique id and user is involved in making piracy of installable it will work for another user. I want overall security considering prevention of copying/installation/usage.

by fenaikh

Hi

Try physical dingles it will not work in the original installation without it.You will see it will work. I tried it.
No dingel == no work.

Good luck
Mohamed
Mohamed

by limbo

Pintu,

Your rejection of the Softlocx answer first given is unfounded.

Quite simply, you can specify the method of serial key generation to be 'PC Unique'.

Distribute 1000 pirate copies of the software and the customers would still have to contact you 1000 times with 1000 different serial numbers before they can run the application.

In fact, with the same disk if you install, register, un-register, and install again on the same machine, they will be provided with a different serial number.

It will also allow you to distribute 30-day locked software for evaluation purposes (another anti-pirate method).

It can detect network licenses, system clock tampering and registry tampering. It embodies sound security principles (128bit MD5 Asymmetric Key Pair Cryptography). To my knowledge it has not yet been cracked.

Distribution piracy can not be combated. License piracy can.

by limbo

Dongles are a physical method of software locking, but I would not use them for the following reasons:

1. They are an expensive solution
2. They Have been copied in the past by manufacturing
3. They get thrown around offices for software license
4. They get 'lost' apparently
5. They break or get damaged

I use SoftLocx because:

1. It is cost effective (no distribution license)
2. I can produce electronic MD5 certification that a license has been removed.
3. I can license a network
4. I can control floating licenses
5. I can use it in all projects as it is configurable

by wsjbobby

don't even bother to rate this!!! Hi, i come from a place where s/w piracy rulz. u could purchase any s/w for 1/50 the original price. malaysia has the widest selection. EXCEPT, you wouldn't find Oracle apps. Why? they sell direct plus the price includes setup, training, & maintenance of the software. most s/w are either custom made or "installed" by companies. s/w developers? never heard of any successful ones here. GoodLuck (i hope).

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