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Re: Security answer: Client code compiled into Software



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FYI - SuperCharts 2.1 is password protected (you need a user code to install the
program).  Robyn

> <<Given the moderate number of TS sold it is possible to code a
> personal authentication code of the client into the software.
> Basically you would get one standard CD with the main part of the
> software and a custom burnt CD or diskette with the rest of the
> software and some authentication code cleverly hidden somewhere in
> it. (Given the speed of todays computers such a dll or exe could be
> compiled in no time and be transferred to disk.) This would allow
> the user to copy his software for safety reasons and deter him from
> selling the software illegally because it could be traced back.>>