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From: wolit@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.crypt,net.micro
Subject: Re: Re: Software Piracy and Coupons
Message-ID: <2122@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 08:58:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 27 08:58:31 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Oct-83 04:29:45 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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> While that is different from previous protection methods, if I was still
> in the disk cracking business I would get around it the same way I
> always did: Transfer the program to a "normal" disk and run it from
> there. No amount of screwing around with the disk format will stop good
> disk hackers from moving the program to a non-protected disk.
> 				John McNamee

Wrong.  The basis for the protection is in the program itself, which
quits running if it detects that it is being run from a "normal" disk
(or an "expired" one).  There IS a way around the problem, i.e.,
attack a copy of the object code with a disassembler, remove those
sections that implement the protection scheme, and put it back
together, but that is beyond the means of most "Space Invaders"
players.

	Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ