Re: Secure Sofware Key

From: Yannick Gingras (ygingrasat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 13:26:15 PDT

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    > What do you mean by "CD-Key or the like" (I presume that "of" was a
    > typo)? And what do you mean by "unbreakable"?
    
    "of" was a typo
    
    Unbreakable would mean here that no one, even previously authorised entity, 
    could use the system without paying the periodic subscription fee.
    
    > You need to be far more explicit about the problem which you wish to
    > solve, and about the constraints involved.
    
    It could be an online system that work 95% offline but poll frequently an 
    offsite server.  No mass production CDs, maybe mass personalised d/l like Sun 
    JDK.
    
    Nothing is fixed yet, we are looking at the way a software can be protected 
    from unauthorized utilisation.  
    
    Is the use of "trusted hardware" really worth it ?  Does it really make it 
    more secure ?  Look at the DVDs.
    
    - -- 
    Yannick Gingras
    Coder for OBB : Obdurately Buteonine Bellwether
    http://OpenBeatBox.org
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