App Protection

31 May 2005 3:37 PM

Matt

Hi,

I have an application that I give to customers for free to use. This
application has no protection and I have into problems with competitors
using it. I want to protect a new release of this application but do not
want to make it difficult for customers to use. Any ideas on how to protect
my application without making it troublesome for customers? I do understand
I cannot completely protect it however I want to make it as difficult as
possible to copy/use it.

Thanks

31 May 2005 4:21 PM

Ken Halter

"Matt" <Matt***@email.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have an application that I give to customers for free to use. This
> application has no protection and I have into problems with competitors
> using it. I want to protect a new release of this application but do not
> want to make it difficult for customers to use. Any ideas on how to
> protect my application without making it troublesome for customers? I do
> understand I cannot completely protect it however I want to make it as
> difficult as possible to copy/use it.
>
> Thanks

It's (always) a tough call. Do you spend days/weeks creating your own? or
just buy something specifically designed for the task.

fwiw, I've been looking at this product recently...

VBOLock - Version 4
http://www.moonlight-software.com/vbolock.htm

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31 May 2005 4:49 PM

Matt

Ken,

Thanks for the reply. I was looking at that product as well. I also have
looked more expensive software protection like
http://www.softwarekey.com/swk_products/plus/ . It is a tough decision on
how much protection do I really want.

Thanks

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> "Matt" <Matt***@email.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an application that I give to customers for free to use. This
>> application has no protection and I have into problems with competitors
>> using it. I want to protect a new release of this application but do not
>> want to make it difficult for customers to use. Any ideas on how to
>> protect my application without making it troublesome for customers? I do
>> understand I cannot completely protect it however I want to make it as
>> difficult as possible to copy/use it.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> It's (always) a tough call. Do you spend days/weeks creating your own? or
> just buy something specifically designed for the task.
>
> fwiw, I've been looking at this product recently...
>
> VBOLock - Version 4
> http://www.moonlight-software.com/vbolock.htm
>
> --
> Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
> DLL Hell problems? Try ComGuard - http://www.vbsight.com/ComGuard.htm
> Sign up now to help keep VB support alive - http://classicvb.org/petition
> Please keep all discussions in the groups..
>

31 May 2005 5:20 PM

Veign

Here are some helpful links:

Create and Validate License Keys:
http://www.frez.co.uk/freecode.htm#licensekeys

Defending Shareware Against Cracks
http://www.crypto-central.com/slock/Sense%20of%20Security%20-%20Defending%20Shareware%20Against%20Cracks.htm

HOW TO PROTECT BETTER:
http://www.searchlores.org/protec/protec.htm

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"Matt" <Matt***@email.com> wrote in message
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> Ken,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I was looking at that product as well. I also have
> looked more expensive software protection like
> http://www.softwarekey.com/swk_products/plus/ . It is a tough decision on
> how much protection do I really want.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Ken Halter" <Ken_Halter@Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OXk$MzfZFHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > "Matt" <Matt***@email.com> wrote in message
> > news:eCCTDdfZFHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have an application that I give to customers for free to use. This
> >> application has no protection and I have into problems with competitors
> >> using it. I want to protect a new release of this application but do
not
> >> want to make it difficult for customers to use. Any ideas on how to
> >> protect my application without making it troublesome for customers? I
do
> >> understand I cannot completely protect it however I want to make it as
> >> difficult as possible to copy/use it.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> > It's (always) a tough call. Do you spend days/weeks creating your own?
or
> > just buy something specifically designed for the task.
> >
> > fwiw, I've been looking at this product recently...
> >
> > VBOLock - Version 4
> > http://www.moonlight-software.com/vbolock.htm
> >
> > --
> > Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com
> > DLL Hell problems? Try ComGuard - http://www.vbsight.com/ComGuard.htm
> > Sign up now to help keep VB support alive -

http://classicvb.org/petition
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> > Please keep all discussions in the groups..
> >
>
>

31 May 2005 7:32 PM

Dale

Hi Matt,

Here's one:

http://www.activelock.com/

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> Hi,
>
> I have an application that I give to customers for free to use. This
> application has no protection and I have into problems with competitors
> using it. I want to protect a new release of this application but do not
> want to make it difficult for customers to use. Any ideas on how to protect
> my application without making it troublesome for customers? I do understand
> I cannot completely protect it however I want to make it as difficult as
> possible to copy/use it.
>
> Thanks
>
>