Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!haven!umd5!magorian
From: magorian@umd5.umd.edu (Dan Magorian)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare 2.0.1
Keywords: copy protection, appleshare
Message-ID: <4114@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 88 23:16:43 GMT
References: <3865@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: magorian@umd5.umd.edu (Dan Magorian)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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Once again, I would like to recommend a solution to people using Appleshare
servers that works considerably better in our environment than either 2.0's
copy-protect bit or the use of a shadow launcher.  All you do is load the
application up (via ResEdit) with some large resources (such as sounds) that
the app doesn't use till it's too big to fit on a floppy even if compressed 
(about 1.2 meg).  It never gets loaded, so the performance isn't impaired,
and people are free to copy everything except the apps that need protecting.
The main disadvantage is the waste of server disk space, which may or may not
be a problem depending on your environment.  Naturally, this doesn't stop
people with hard disks, but it's cheap and uncomplicated.