Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions for
protecting my softwares ?

Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
days. ex. 180 days.

Thanks a lot in advance!

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:44:11 -0700, chris wrote:

> Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions for
> protecting my softwares ?
>
> Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
> days. ex. 180 days.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!

http://www.activelock.com/


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"H-Man" <I-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:44:11 -0700, chris wrote:
>
>> Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions
>> for
>> protecting my softwares ?
>>
>> Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
>> days. ex. 180 days.
>>
>> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> http://www.activelock.com/
>

ActiveLock is very weak, not to mention cracked. Here is a good alternative,
but I didn't use it:

http://www.aspack.com/asprotectske.aspx

chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions for
>protecting my softwares ?
>
>Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
>days. ex. 180 days.

I wrote my own system.

Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in
the registry or a file. Unless it's encrypted. But even then if you
delete the date from wherever it's stored your app may think it's just
installed.

Thus I prefer to limit the number of records in one key table such as
5 units or 50 volunteers but allow unlimited access for everything
else. Once I get paid then I email them an encrypted file containing
the number of records they are licensed for as well as their company
name which goes on the bottom of every page of every report and
frequently used forms.

For more of my thoughts on this topic see the "Copy protection or how
to safely distribute a demo Microsoft Access Application" page at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/demo.htm

Tony
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"Tony Toews [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
|
| >Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions
for
| >protecting my softwares ?
| >
| >Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
| >days. ex. 180 days.
| Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
| method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in
| the registry or a file. Unless it's encrypted. But even then if you
| delete the date from wherever it's stored your app may think it's just
| installed.

This is why you don't put the entire encrypted string in one place. <eg>

True, nothing is truly infalable, but there are ways to make it so hard that
it just isn't worth the hack's time.

"C Kevin Provance" <BillMRapedMySheep@.netblows.ms> wrote:

>| >Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions
>for
>| >protecting my softwares ?
>| >
>| >Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
>| >days. ex. 180 days.
>| Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
>| method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in
>| the registry or a file. Unless it's encrypted. But even then if you
>| delete the date from wherever it's stored your app may think it's just
>| installed.
>
>This is why you don't put the entire encrypted string in one place. <eg>

So what if you put the encrypted string in multiple places. Tools
can still read all those places.

Tony
--
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Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/

you charge people for getting more records?

jesus that's ****ing stupid

and you're a ****ing con artist

**** you and jet-- move to SQL Server-- host the server yourself if
you want to get paid

-Aaron


On Mar 10, 11:39*am, "Tony Toews [MVP]" <tto...@telusplanet.net>
wrote:
> chris <ch...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >Can you recommend any copy protection and license management solutions for
> >protecting my softwares ?
>
> >Users should have license for using programs according to their contract
> >days. ex. 180 days.
>
> I wrote my own system. *
>
> Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
> method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in
> the registry or a file. *Unless it's encrypted. *But even then if you
> delete the date from wherever it's stored your app may think it's just
> installed.
>
> Thus I prefer to limit the number of records in one key table such as
> 5 units or 50 volunteers but allow unlimited access for everything
> else. *Once I get paid then I email them an encrypted file containing
> the number of records they are licensed for as well as their company
> name which goes on the bottom of every page of every report and
> frequently used forms.
>
> For more of my thoughts on this topic see the "Copy protection or how
> to safely distribute a demo Microsoft Access Application" page athttp://www.granite.ab.ca/access/demo.htm
>
> Tony
> --
> Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
> * *Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
> read the entire thread of messages.
> * *Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems athttp://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
> * *Tony's Microsoft Access Blog -http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/