Re: CUSTOMER NUMBER...CODE

["Dennis Schutten" <schutten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try a product called diamondlock from Investlabs. As far as I know that's
the most safe security available.

http://www.investlabs.com/

regards,

Dennis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Matulich" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: CUSTOMER NUMBER...CODE


> Paula,
>
> >I want to write a strategy, and give it to an associate, but I want
> >to reference his "customer number" in the strategy, so that the
> >strategy will only function for him, and no one else. Knowing his
> >customer number, can I reference it in the code?
>
> For moderate security you can indeed keep a variable containing a
> customer number in your code, and save the strategy in protected
> format before giving it to your associate (be sure to save your
> original source 'cause you won't get it back once you lock it).  You
> would need an input parameter that defaults to zero, in which your
> associate would have to place his customer number.
>
> Your signal code would look something like this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Inputs: price(close), length(21), etc... CustCode(0);
>
> vars: x(0), y(0), etc... HardCode(5654203);
>
> if CustCode = HardCode then begin
>    {your signal code here}
> end;
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> You'd then create a strategy and save the ELS file.
>
> This sort of scheme can be cracked, but it's almost not worth the
> trouble to figure out.
>
> -- 
>   ,|___    Alex Matulich -- alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  // +__>   Director of Research and Development
>  //  \
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>
>