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Use for questions regarding protecting one's code or software against unwanted access or use.

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How to make Windows System Restore ignore some of my application files?

I am experimenting with software copy protection ideas and now I have the following problem. I have a trial version of my application. Trial data are stored in a certain file and also in some certain registry keys. Of course I know that user can…
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Software Protection Provider Service Re-enabled Automatic Updates

We have run into an issue where there are corresponding event viewer entries that show something regarding Security-SPP at the same time the windowsupdate.log file started writing its checks for automatic updates. Prior to that entry, the update…
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Encrypt JAVA SpringFramework WebApplication

I've created a SpringFramework WebApplication and now I want to distribute it. A client asked me to evaluate the applications on his own server. I want to protect my code encrypting the source. Is it possible? If yes, what's the best tool? Are…
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Software Security Protection with Hardware Dongle

I have read all the existing discussions on piracy and hardware support, so this is not the same old question. I have a new twist on this old discussion. You can now purchase dongles for USB that allow you to put some of your important code into…
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How sure is to create a USB security key using PnPDeviveID?

I need to protect software using a USB key. Can I just query a USB drive with WMI and obtain the PnPDeviceId from Win32_DiskDrive Class, and compare it with one already hashed and hard coded in the application? How secure is this? Can the…
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How to convert a pen drive to a dongle?

I have a desktop application I've written in c#. I only want users with a license dongle to be able to use the software. I checked, there are companies that provide this facility but I find them expensive. Is there a way I can turn an old pendrive…
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How to deactive my dll files using c#

I am buidling dll files for desktop applications (C#/VB.NET). According to the license with the customers, there is an xml file for expired date for a specific dll file and for a specific function in this dll. My Application uses these dlls to work,…
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How to encrypt a dll?

I'm developing a WPF solution in visual studio, inside the foresaid solution there are two projects, one (client) is the main WPF application and the other one (dllproject) is a simple project that produces, upon build, a dll that's used inside my…
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