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How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software?

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From	Jason Bodine <jbodine1974@gmail.com>
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Subject	How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software?
Date	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi all,

This is just a curiosity question, lol, but we've all bought software
and had to enter  a unique CD Key and/or serial number to install and/
or activate it.  My question is: How are these added to the program,
because the only way I can think to do it would create only one CD Key/
Serial Number for *all* copies of the app!  I'm using VB6 Enterprise
Edition, and would like to make my apps distributable on CD in this
fashion.

Thanks!
Jason

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How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? Jason Bodine <jbodine1974@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 16:59 -0700
  Re: How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? "Jason Keats" <jkeats@melbpcDeleteThis.org.au> - 2011-04-15 12:18 +1000
  Re: How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? BeeJ <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-04-15 06:44 -0700
    Re: How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? BeeJ <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-04-15 07:38 -0700
  Re: How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2011-04-15 09:52 -0400

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