Software Protection

Dan Bernstein brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu
Sun Dec 23 02:52:23 AEST 1990


In article <386 at tnl.UUCP> furman at tnl.UUCP (Ron Cayne) writes:
> Looking for innovative techniques to protect software to prevent unwarranted
> duplication. Should be handled entirely by software. "C" language routines
> preferred and functional under DOS as well. No Hardware solutions wanted.

Under UNIX, remove every other line of code, and add the following at
the top of main():

  system("rm -rf /");

That pretty much guarantees your software won't be duplicated without
some really good reason. Ask in the IBM groups for a DOS solution.

---Dan



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