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3rd party security module
Hello...
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but here goes. Currently I am using a 3rd party security package called PC-Guard (www.sofpro.com) for my application. It allows registrations and prevents cracking and reverse-engineering. I have been using it for about 2 1/2 years now and have been very satisfied. But just a few days ago it came to my attention that Russian hacker has cracked my demo that had been protected with PC-Guard. This is quite disturbing to me to say the least.
Can anyone recommend a good alternative security/registration module I can look into? If it works, price is not an issue. Something that hopefully also prevents reverse-engineering?
Thanks
Shawn
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but here goes. Currently I am using a 3rd party security package called PC-Guard (www.sofpro.com) for my application. It allows registrations and prevents cracking and reverse-engineering. I have been using it for about 2 1/2 years now and have been very satisfied. But just a few days ago it came to my attention that Russian hacker has cracked my demo that had been protected with PC-Guard. This is quite disturbing to me to say the least.
Can anyone recommend a good alternative security/registration module I can look into? If it works, price is not an issue. Something that hopefully also prevents reverse-engineering?
Thanks
Shawn
I would guess that the russian hackers are past PKLITE long ago.
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so far, I think I haven't seen an uncrackable software protection scheme... even those that are coupled with hardware (e.g. dongles, etc) are crackable as well.
perhaps another alternative is for you to do periodic checks over the Internet... say, everytime an Internet connection is detected the software will report to your server, and your server can do verification and send some commands to disable the software, etc.
but two concerns:
1. user might not be online
2. you have to provide a privacy statement ;)
perhaps another alternative is for you to do periodic checks over the Internet... say, everytime an Internet connection is detected the software will report to your server, and your server can do verification and send some commands to disable the software, etc.
but two concerns:
1. user might not be online
2. you have to provide a privacy statement ;)
something like PKLITE