On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 08:51:26PM +0100, Roderick Colenbrander wrote: > > The system on windows doesn't use the md5sum (I think it has one) but it > looks for the product ID which is burried into most executables first. It > also checks for other things but in a hackier way. As there are a lot of > different versions of a program but which all need the same override.
I think it's a bad idea to do that: - Product IDs may not necessarily be unique identifiers for every given program. Hashes are. - It's easier for users to submit information about their apps if they can use tools they're familiar with such as md5sum / sha1sum. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)
