Hi, Well, there were other ways to crack Jaws besides replicating the authorisation disks, and one method is still open to a cracker if he or she knows assembly. A couple of years ago there was a cracked demo of Jaws floating around. The cracker disassembled the Jaws demo, turned off the timer, recompiled it, and suddenly you could download a demo that never timed out for free until the demo disappeared off the net. I'm pointing this out that no matter how good the security looks there is still probably someone who will find away to crack it. Jaws could have prevented that particular crack simply by running executible encryption on the exe files and dll files, but didn't. However, getting security tools for every possible type of crack is expensive.
Stefen Hudson wrote: > I kind of like that Internet License Manager thing Freedom Scientific uses. > It seemds more secure than the authorization keys on the floppy disks. I > know that if you can make an exact copy of the disk, you can get an > authorization on any computer. FS products are probably still crackable, but > it's probably harder now, which is good. The ILM thing they use now seems > pretty reasonable as well, as you can request additional keys if you really > need them. > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
