since part of the problem is that java can be
decompiled so easily, i wonder if using jni for the
licensing code could help.
~ amol
--- James Carman <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is somewhat dated, but I found it a very
interesting read when I was
considering how to write a licensing service for my
Java code. It's
somewhat depressing:
http://www.cigital.com/hostile-applets/maginot.html
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From: Scott Hofmann [mailto:shofmann@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:06 AM
To: users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cinjug-users] Product Keys
Hello everyone,
I'm involved in a software product being developed
in Java and wondered if
anyone here has had any experience with product keys
and registrations? I'm
hearing from the developer that to do registration:
"From my research online, it looks like the only
truly secure way is to have
a license server. The software would then connect
to the license server to
ensure that it is legitimate. However, this seems
like an expensive
solution as it requires *much* more development work
in addition to having
another server to maintain."
Sooo... I'm trying to identify ways others are doing
their product keys or
have heard of doing them. We really do not need a
truly secure key. The
product will sell for under $50. What we need we
think is just a simple
solution that help to:
- Keep people honest and not feeling to free about
passing along copies to
other.
- Being able to provide support to those who truly
purchased the product.
- Most likely we would not trouble ourselves with
those people who are
dishonest and feel the need to find loop hole in
software product keys in
order to use it anyway.
Any advice or thoughts on this topic would be
helpful.
- Scott Hofmann
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