AW: security code number generation

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Gosh! Sorry Sean for having put you into the wrong country, should have had
a look on google maps :)
Nevertheless the Japanese women showed a great contest here in germany...
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Shao Sean
> Gesendet: Montag, 18. Juli 2011 12:19
> An: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Betreff: Re: security code number generation
> 
> Thanks Tiemo, but Shao is Chinese ;-)
> 
> In regards to your second point, most password schemes just run an
> algorithm based on the inputted information to determine that the
> serial number is correct, or run an algorithm to check that the serial
> number entered matches a pattern/checksum..
> 
> The one that I did (it is just a proof of concept that I did for fun)
> basically encodes any information you want it to contain.. Once you
> input your information and the "serial number" you can compare the
> information that was encoded against the data entered by the user.. As
> previously mentioned, the exact same input data creates a different
> encoded output (which was fun to do :-)
> 
> But the amount of time and energy spent trying to stop people from
> pirating your software can be better spent making your program worth
> being paid for.. Keep things simple for the end user to part with
> their money and to license their software and they will be more
> inclined to do so (look at all the headaches of DRM ;-)
> 
> http://images.ncix.com/forumimages/F96CFF63-FCCF-4B43-B25F0CCB4AA06AB4.jpg
> 
> -Sean
> 
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