From secprog-return-487-jm=jmason.org@securityfocus.com Fri Sep 6 11:38:01 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837A816F69 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:36:36 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:36:36 +0100 (IST) Received: from webnote.net (mail.webnote.net [193.120.211.219]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g869wSC29970 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:58:28 +0100 Received: from outgoing.securityfocus.com (outgoing3.securityfocus.com [66.38.151.27]) by webnote.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA18007 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:40:22 +0100 Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com [66.38.151.19]) by outgoing.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQP id A38F5A3139; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:51:19 -0600 (MDT) Mailing-List: contact secprog-help@securityfocus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Delivered-To: mailing list secprog@securityfocus.com Delivered-To: moderator for secprog@securityfocus.com Received: (qmail 28245 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2002 10:23:24 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Yannick Gingras To: secprog@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: Secure Sofware Key Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 06:39:04 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200209050639.08199.ygingras@ygingras.net> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-13.2 required=7.0 tests=BIG_BUCKS,FREE_MONEY,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_KMAIL version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: > However, cracking and reverse engineering tools are not so ubiquitous on > UNIX as they are on Windows platform for two main reasons: > > 1. The main customers of commercial Unices (Solaris, HP-UX, Aix, SCO...) > are respectable companies. They are ready to pay big bucks for software > they need: the reputation matters. > > 2. Most software for free and open source Unices like Linux and xBSD (this > software often may be used on commercial unices as well) is, well, free and > open source. Thanks to your answers, I start to see where I should head for. What are your sugestions for protecting a 100% online requirement system ? -- Yannick Gingras Coder for OBB : Observing Bantu-speaking Butanone http://OpenBeatBox.org