Re: Using the registry
- From: erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx (J French)
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:05:03 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 25 May 2005 20:23:30 +0100, "Jan"
<JanetMcDonald67@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have been using the old TurboPower Onguard components to implement reduced
>functionality demo's that can be released via a key. I followed the basic
>idea in their tutorials and used ini files to store data.
Smart move
>I would like the option to store the data in the registry so that it is less
>obvious, but what keys should I generate do store this info?
>What happens if by some fluke I try generating a key that already exists?
Not so smart move
- it makes your App hard to backup and restore
- /when/ the Registry goes down - your App is hosed
- RegMon is a very easy to use tool
Personally I would 'lock' the INI file with a CRC32
It drives people nuts being able to see the options in the INI file,
but also see a ruddy great warning saying :
EnterprizeUser=False
; WARNING machine generated file - DO NOT EDIT
LockCRC: 97649897546
A really adept cracker will simply frig your code, but this simple INI
file 'lock' will provide the less adept with hours of good clean
frustration.
.
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