Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BeeJ Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: How are sequential serial numbers/CD keys generated in distributed software? Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:38:59 -0700 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: CWfFDcbNo2suQU8aVaWDRQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.03.00-gb X-ICQ: 543516788 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:82 BeeJ explained on 2011/04/15 : > What is your point of doing this? > Just trying to make it look like it is an individual copy when it is really > not? > More information please. If you are trying to protect your software check out ActiveLock 3.6. If so, you will provide a single common copy to put on CD. The user will install and get a code to eMail you. You then generate an unlock code to eMail back to the user. The process makes your app unique to the user's PC. It is not 100% crack proof but is does provide good protection. Full VB6 source is free to use with a few minor caveats. Since it is full source you can modify it and make it unique to your own needs.