Sprinter Software Protection!

The other day, July 10, 97, at 01:12, Dmitry Zastavsky wrote to Denis Parinov:

I'm glad to welcome you, Dmitry.

DP>> Here the question arose about protecting Program
DP>> Software at the hardware level. Who
DP>> has any thoughts on this matter?

DZ> Yes, here are some thoughts: all this is useless -
DZ> whoever needs it will break it. They didn’t try his current: the discs were scratched, the tracks weren’t formatted, and index holes were added.

Let me (partially) disagree with you. Everyone
of course understands that anything can be broken, but for
this you need to have the appropriate qualifications.
The task is to use methods that hackers do not know. As far as the Peters explained to me, they have the ability to hide this hardware module in the circuit so that no one will find it. Or it will get close.

So you need to make a guard, not a lock.

DZ> Then, even if this security system is installed, then there will be fellows who will jam it, turn it off, switch it off and

They won’t if they can’t get to it to get to the bottom of it.

DZ> It would be better if they put 4 of him - so this is the
DZ> nevik like Scorpionovsky - a useful thing-
DZ> ka.

Yes, there will be a shadow for you, although we are discussing here, just
defense ;-).

DZ> And nowlet's sum it up...
DZ> 1. Installation:
DZ> - will attract traders (official)/programs
DZ> ammers;

Which is exactly what we are trying to achieve.

DZ> - they will still break/disable;

The question is how to make the hack turn into
very unpleasant occupation.

DZ> - it will scare off (until they break it, in any
DZ> respect) users/lamers/defender-haters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
But these are the ones that will scare them off, thank God
they only buy broken software anyway.
Never thought about it Why are users called
users and not program owners? Yes, because
in the whole normal world they sell not the program, but the right to
use it! And many of our comrades think that since I
bought it, then it’s mine, and I’ll copy it to whomever I want, and the defense
violates his rights.

DZ> May Saint Connectius be with you! Would.

Sincerely, Denis.