Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-18 Thread Dirk Stoop
I thought it would be helpful to give everybody who is concerned about Versions' activation system some insight in the actual design of the system and our rationale behind developing it. The two most typical approaches to handling software registration are: (1) Define an algorithm for validating

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Rob Allen
On 19 Nov 2008, at 02:05, Dirk Stoop wrote: > I hope this clears everything up a bit. If you still have concerns or > questions about Versions' online activation, feel free to get back to > me on- or off-list. The concern I have is that if the companies behind Versions cease to make enough

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Rolf Schmolling
Hi Dirk, is the information (name and emailaddress) send unencrypted? I wouldn't know how to intercept it (and other apps might send sensitive information unencrypted as well) but others might. I donot expect your servers to go away, but I recently had the very bad experience with some piece of so

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Stoop
On Nov 19, 9:01 am, Rob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The concern I have is that if the companies behind Versions cease to   > make enough money to be viable, what happens when AppleCare puts a new   > logic board in my mac 5 days after all your servers have been shut down? > Hi Rob, If w

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Sofa
Dear Rolf, All data that is sent to our servers is encrypted using https. Kindest regards, Koen Bok - madebysofa.com On Nov 19, 12:04 pm, Dirk Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 19, 9:01 am, Rob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The concern I have is that if the companies behin

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Stoop
On Nov 19, 9:34 am, "Rolf Schmolling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dirk, > is the information (name and emailaddress) send unencrypted? I wouldn't know > how to intercept it (and other apps might send sensitive information > unencrypted as well) but others might. > Hi Rolf, your personal infor

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread kapowaz
> - The biggest thing to keep in mind is that, except for when you > replace your Mac's logic board, if you've registered Versions once, it > will remain registered.  And if you do get your Mac's logic board > replaced or buy a new computer, simply re-enter your license key and > it will just work

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-19 Thread Dirk Stoop
On Nov 19, 12:57 pm, kapowaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > What I'd like to know is what happens in the case of installing > Versions on two separate computers? [...] Hi kapowaz, that's possible. You can even register Versions on more than two computers. For the exact terms, please see my

Re: Explaining Versions' activation process

2008-11-21 Thread kapowaz
> Hi kapowaz, that's possible. > > You can even register Versions on more than two computers. > > For the exact terms, please see my post about the updated EULA over > here:http://groups.google.com/group/versions/browse_thread/thread/b37e3970... Great! That's just what I needed to know. I'll be