On Tuesday 04 October 2005 01:43, Svennglenn wrote: > Have the program check for a file hidden somewhere on the computer. > For instance, if the file dummyfile.dll doesn't exist in the > windows/system32 folder the program just doesn't start. And when you > install the program on her computer just add this file. And if anyone > copies the program the can't run it on any other computer because > they doesn't know the name of the file that's needed to start the > program. > > How about that?
But wouldn't the file name need to be stored in the program somewhere? as a string which can be discovered using relatively trivial processes? That makes any protection difficult. Being totally not a cryptographic expert... the solution I'd see would be an installer that encrypts the Python package (zip file?) with some hardware-specific key, and then decrypts it before running it (runner would need to be in C or something). Or maybe just embeds in itself a crypographic signature using a hardware key that is verified before the program can run. -Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
