Software licensing via exposure to inventory scans
- From: Richard Grossman <rgrossmanDELETE-THIS-PART@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:32:53 -0800
There's a saying that "locks are designed to keep honest people out" (meaning that thieves can easily break a lock).
In many companies in the US of 100 people or more, the IT department scans computers to inventory application software for the purpose of making sure that all software in use is licensed.
I wonder if there is a way to "communicate" to the IT admin that the software on a particular computer is not licensed, and then skip all other types of software protection.
The theory would be that the software publisher would attempt to get registrations from honest companies, those that just want to
stay out of trouble, and those that want to avoid rogue app installs for security reasons.
Software inventory tools bring back certain data on apps found on workstations. If one analyzes what they bring back (besides the name of an exe), one could put a "signature" of some kind in the app, such as one of the built-in EXE properties, that would say "UNLICENSED PROGRAM - PLEASE CONTACT [publisher].COM".
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