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From: CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <90080.140503CMH117@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 90 19:05:03 GMT
References: <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <2796@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>, dartus@datlog.co.uk ( David Artus) says:
>
>We wish to evaluate possible copy protection methods that could
>be used for PC software. One option we have examined is the use of
>a "dongle", could anybody suggest alternative methods (or references to
>articles which discuss them) which might not need the use of specific
>hardware.

I only have one piece of advice:  No copy protection scheme is safe.


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