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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
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Subject: Re: Re: Copy Protection - a case study
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Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 06:56:53 EST
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In article <1974@watdcsu.UUCP> broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl) writes:
>>                               It's no real problem to take out the
>>"serial number," as anyone who's ever seen a pirated copy of an Infocom 
>>game knows. 
>
>Only if they know the serial number is there to begin with.  Put it in
>several different places in the code, encrypted so it's hard to find.

   This doesn't work.  All you need to do is get two copies and compare them.
This is a standard practice among "hackers."

--David desJardins