How secure are dongles for copy-protection?

From: Harold Thimm (haroldthimmat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 12:43:35 PDT

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    I'm looking for any information on incorporating dongles into a software package for copy protection. In particular, I'm looking for information on the Rainbow Technologies Sentinel, but advice on dongle-based copy protection in general is appreciated.
    

     
    

    How easy/difficult is it to break this kind of copy-protection? Are there any known weaknesses in the dongle-type systems themselves (as opposed to implementation weaknesses?) 
    

     
    

    Are there any dongle-based protection schemes that have been cracked, and if so, how? (A pointer to a URL would be appreciated, if you have it.)
    

     
    

    Thanks in advance.
    

     
    

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