Re: hash function for creating an activation code

[Dominik George <nik () naturalnet de>]

Hi,

what about MD5? It's as secure as the rest of your method ;) ....

Honestly, you can as well remove the activation from your program if you
just use a scheme as simple as this.

Cheers,
Nik

Ali Asghar Toraby Parizy schrieb:
> hi
> I want to create a license file for my program
> I have created a function that extract unique hex number of each network
> adapters of host computer
> When activation wizard starts, this unique number has been sent to a server
> as a request code. Now i need a hash function that mix this number with a
> user name and return a new code as an activation code to user.
> So please suggest a hash function
> request code is a string like this:
> -------------------
> "
> 000272B0002600FFD924114B0008C9A20DE70001027CC602002215FE0E9B005056C0000100=
> 5056C0000800000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E00=
> 0000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E0000000000000=
> 00E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E00000000=
> 0000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000=
> 000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E00000000000000=
> 0E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000=
> 000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E000000000000000E0000=
> 00000000000E000000000000000E0"
> -------------------
> and a user name may be "aliasghar.toraby () gmail com"
> thanks for any help
>
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