It would definitely help, but hackers can crack almost anything.
-----Original Message-----
From: deshmol-lists@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:deshmol-lists@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 11:22 AM
To: users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cinjug-users] Product Keys
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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> 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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