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RE: How secure are dongles for copy-protection?
From: "Jonah Kowall" <jkowall () psteering com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:01:43 -0400
Although they are quite secure, many hackers can easily make dongle emulators for various packages (or crack out the dongle checks themselves). Some skill is required, but many crackers acqure the development kit, which allows the debugging and reverse engineer of any commercially availible dongle package. -----Original Message----- From: Harold Thimm Sent: Mon 6/4/2001 3:43 PM To: pen-test () securityfocus com Cc: Subject: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? I'm looking for any information on incorporating dongles into a software package for copy protection. In particular, I'm looking for information on the Rainbow Technologies Sentinel, but advice on dongle-based copy protection in general is appreciated. How easy/difficult is it to break this kind of copy-protection? Are there any known weaknesses in the dongle-type systems themselves (as opposed to implementation weaknesses?) Are there any dongle-based protection schemes that have been cracked, and if so, how? (A pointer to a URL would be appreciated, if you have it.) Thanks in advance. HAL _____ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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Current thread:
- How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Harold Thimm (Jun 04)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? shampster (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Ben Meghreblian (Jun 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Jonah Kowall (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Victor A. Rodriguez (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Felix Huber (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Ryan Permeh (Jun 05)
- RE: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Pedro Hugo (Jun 05)
- RE: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? c0ncept (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Jordan Frank (Jun 06)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? shampster (Jun 05)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Ryan Permeh (Jun 06)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Daniel Roethlisberger (Jun 06)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Ryan Permeh (Jun 06)
- Re: How secure are dongles for copy-protection? Ryan Permeh (Jun 05)