AdrianSRU
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Security Software to Protect My Program
I am a programmer developing a product that my company has been selling. We distribute demo copies of the program and I have done some things on my own to restrict the demo copies to a certain number of uses or to expire on a certain date. It has worked out OK, but I need something better.
What I would like is a commercially available security product that I can integrate with my program to provide for the usage restrictions that I need. It has to be able to handle restrictions on the number of uses, expiration date, and program activation.
I have searched on google and found some possibilities but I would like to hear from someone who has some experience with this sort of thing. My program is written in Windows with Borland C++ Builder 5.
Thanks for your help!
--Adrian
What I would like is a commercially available security product that I can integrate with my program to provide for the usage restrictions that I need. It has to be able to handle restrictions on the number of uses, expiration date, and program activation.
I have searched on google and found some possibilities but I would like to hear from someone who has some experience with this sort of thing. My program is written in Windows with Borland C++ Builder 5.
Thanks for your help!
--Adrian
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I have used Sentinel SuperPro for about 9 year.
Still you can save many keys into your key and release them by phone.
Still you can save many keys into your key and release them by phone.
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But it still requires mailing the key to the customer right?
--Adrian
--Adrian
Yes, it is.
But it is very difficult to protect a pure-software, usual technique try to hook with harddisk or ethernet serial numbers. But it is not effective 100%.
But it is very difficult to protect a pure-software, usual technique try to hook with harddisk or ethernet serial numbers. But it is not effective 100%.
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Sorry about the delay in responding. I settled on the Software Key product and I wanted to fully test it out and make sure it fits my needs before I responded.
Thank you all very much for your responses.
--Adrian
Thank you all very much for your responses.
--Adrian
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jaime, do you have any personal experience with Sentinel's products?
I took a quick look at the description of the Sentinel License Manager product and it looked like it may fit my needs.
--Adrian