Re: How to retrieve serial number of OS or CPU for copy protection?

From: Slava M. Usov (stripit.slough_at_gmx.net)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:17:40 +0200

"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote in message
news:e85caI0lEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

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> > Option three: find a job that will provide you with this software.
>
> Same problems apply : Those persons will have to learn a new package,
> which (outside of people like in this newgroup) they might not desire ...

Why? They use the same software.

[...]

> Well, I just can imagine a cubicle for a software-engeneer, having (quite
> a number) of those "super dongles" sitting around :-)

Who's talking about software engineers? We're talking about play stations.

[...]

> Alas, playstation software has allready been cracked, and can be copied
> too.

Because they do not use a "single-chip" technology. If you have a bit of
silicone that cannot be programmed, how are you going to crack it? Your only
option is to crack it _physically_, which is a bit too expensive to do.

[...]

> Maybe. But just *one* crack would be enough, the internet would take care
> of a rapid spread of the resulting, unencumbered software.

How? What are going to be the results of this crack? Code that executes on
hardware that does not exist except for this very software? This is as
useful as cracking P4 for its microcode.

S

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