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I'm currently involved in developing a product (developed in C#) that'll be available for downloading and installing for free but in a very limited version. To get access to all the features the user has to pay a license fee and receive a key. That key will then be entered into the application to 'unlock' the full version.As using a license key like that is kind of usual I'm wondering:. How's that usually solved?. How can I generate the key and how can it be validated by the application?. How can I also avoid having a key getting published on the Internet and used by others that haven't payed the license (a key that basically isn't 'theirs').I guess I should also tie the key to the version of application somehow so it'll be possible to charge for new keys in feature versions.Anything else I should think about in this scenario? Caveat: you can't prevent users from pirating, but only make it easier for honest users to do the right thing.Assuming you don't want to do a special build for each user, then:.
Generate yourself a secret key for the product. Take the user's name. Concatentate the users name and the secret key and hash with (for example) SHA1. Unpack the SHA1 hash as an alphanumeric string. This is the individual user's 'Product Key'.
Within the program, do the same hash, and compare with the product key. If equal, OK.But, I repeat: this won't prevent piracyI have recently read that this approach is not cryptographically very sound.
But this solution is already weak ( as the software itself has to include the secret key somewhere), so I don't think this discovery invalidates the solution as far as it goes.Just thought I really ought to mention this, though; if you're planning to derive something else from this, beware. I would think that by the time someone is hacking your code (possibly at the assembly level) to find your secret key, they are probably also at the level that they can just bypass your checks entirely. I don't think there's a method of registration so secure that it can survive a good hacker running the program locally.
As the original comment said, it's really all about anything that makes it one step harder than simply copying the file. A lot of games these days have given up on copy protection and simply take the game content online, in which case the code is out of the hacker's hands.–Dec 4 '12 at 22:56. There are many ways to generate license keys, but very few of those ways are truly secure. And it's a pity, because for companies, license keys have almost the same value as real cash.Ideally, you would want your license keys to have the following properties:.Only your company should be able to generate license keys for your products, even if someone completely reverse engineers your products (which WILL happen, I speak from experience). Obfuscating the algorithm or hiding an encryption key within your software is really out of the question if you are serious about controlling licensing. If your product is successful, someone will make a key generator in a matter of days from release.A license key should be useable on only one computer (or at least you should be able to control this very tightly).A license key should be short and easy to type or dictate over the phone.
You don't want every customer calling the technical support because they don't understand if the key contains a 'l' or a '1'. Your support department would thank you for this, and you will have lower costs in this area.So how do you solve these challenges?.The answer is simple but technically challenging: digital signatures using public key cryptography. Your license keys should be in fact signed 'documents', containing some useful data, signed with your company's private key. The signatures should be part of the license key.
The product should validate the license keys with the corresponding public key. This way, even if someone has full access to your product's logic, they cannot generate license keys because they don't have the private key. A license key would look like this: BASE32(CONCAT(DATA, PRIVATEKEYENCRYPTED(HASH(DATA))))The biggest challenge here is that the classical public key algorithms have large signature sizes. RSA512 has an 1024-bit signature.
You don't want your license keys to have hundreds of characters.One of the most powerful approaches is to use elliptic curve cryptography (with careful implementations to avoid the existing patents). ECC keys are like 6 times shorter than RSA keys, for the same strength.
You can further reduce the signature sizes using algorithms like the Schnorr digital signature algorithm (patent expired in 2008 - good:) ).This is achievable by product activation (Windows is a good example). Basically, for a customer with a valid license key, you need to generate some 'activation data' which is a signed message embedding the computer's hardware id as the signed data. This is usually done over the internet, but only ONCE: the product sends the license key and the computer hardware id to an activation server, and the activation server sends back the signed message (which can also be made short and easy to dictate over the phone). From that moment on, the product does not check the license key at startup, but the activation data, which needs the computer to be the same in order to validate (otherwise, the DATA would be different and the digital signature would not validate). Note that the activation data checking do not require verification over the Internet: it is sufficient to verify the digital signature of the activation data with the public key already embedded in the product.Well, just eliminate redundant characters like '1', 'l', '0', 'o' from your keys.
Split the license key string into groups of characters. Besides what has already been stated.Any use of.NET applications are inherently breakable because of the intermediate language issues.
A simple disassembly of the.NET code will open your product to anyone. They can easily bypass your licensing code at that point.You can't even use hardware values to create a key anymore. Virtual machines now allow someone to create an image of a 'licensed' machine and run it on any platform they choose.If it's expensive software there are other solutions.
If it's not, just make it difficult enough for the casual hacker. And accept the fact that there will be unlicensed copies out there eventually.If your product is complicated, the inherent support issues will be create some protection for you. I'm one of the developers behind the software licensing platform and have been working on licensing systems since the age of 14. In this answer, I have included some tips based on experience acquired over the years.The best way of solving this is by setting up a license key server that each instance of the application will call in order to verify a license key. The only way to do everything you asked for is to require an internet access and verification with a server. The application needs to sign in to the server with the key, and then you need to store the session details, like the IP address. This will prevent the key from being used on several different machines.
This is usually not very popular with the users of the application, and unless this is a very expensive and complicated application it's not worth it.You could just have a license key for the application, and then check client side if the key is good, but it is easy to distribute this key to other users, and with a decompiler new keys can be generated.
#1Hi GOTD’ers!I'm glad to meet you again! Today we are running the giveaway for our award winning app ‘USB Safely Remove’, find detailed features here:Note! In order to register ‘USB Safely Remove’ you have to request the license key from our web-site:, besides installing the download from the giveawayoftheday.com.Other notes on requesting the license:1.
The license should arrive immediately to your inbox after you requested it, if it isn’t there please check your “spam” folder, add “support@safelyremove.com” email address to the white list and try to request the license again.2. Also you can try to request the license to your email at a different mail server. Just return back to the form and fill it again.3. If you do the above steps and still cannot receive the license feel free to. Please, don’t write about it here, if we don’t know your email address we simply can’t help.Of course feel free to ask any questions here at GOTD, I’ll be glad to help.Special offerWe are happy to offer 40% discount on Zentimo xStorage Manager which is a more powerful version of USB Safely Remove:Regards,Igor Tkachenko. Hi GOTD’ers!I'm glad to meet you again!
Today we are running the giveaway for our award winning app ‘USB Safely Remove’, find detailed features here: In order to register ‘USB Safely Remove’ you have to request the license key from our web-site: Request Free ‘USB Safely Remove’ License, besides installing the download from the giveawayoftheday.com.Other notes on requesting the license:1. The license should arrive immediately to your inbox after you requested it, if it isn’t there please check your “spam” folder, add “support@safelyremove.com” email address to the white list and try to request the license again.2. Also you can try to request the license to your email at a different mail server. Just return back to the form and fill it again.3. If you do the above steps and still cannot receive the license feel free to write us from our support form.
Please, don’t write about it here, if we don’t know your email address we simply can’t help.Of course feel free to ask any questions here at GOTD, I’ll be glad to help.Special offerWe are happy to offer 40% discount on Zentimo xStorage Manager which is a more powerful version of USB Safely Remove:Get Zentimo at 40% off!Regards,Igor Tkachenko,Crystal Rich Ltd. #25@Igor Tkachenko,I purchased USB Safely Remove before learning about Zentimo xStorage Manager, which I also purchased a license for. As a previous purchaser of both products, I was interested in the discounted offer for the current Zentimo version. On the Zentimo order page, the Personal License has a choice of 1 year, 2 years, or lifetime upgrades. The lifetime is $35.94. Below the choice of licenses (Personal, Commercial, Unlimited Site License) were two lines:If you are an existing Zentimo customer see extending upgrade subscription plans.' USB Safely Remove' customers can obtain the license for Zentimo at special discounted prices!Great, I thought.
Previous Zentimo purchasers are being honored with a better discount. But when I arrived at that page, the price to have the Lifetime license is $39.90. People that Crystal Rich has already made money off of do not get a better deal after all. What gives there?Even more interesting is that the page for USB Safely Remove customers can get the lifetime Zentimo for $29.95. Since Zentimo is a more expensive product, shouldn't previous Zentimo customers get a better deal than previous USB Safely Remove customers? And what about those of us that purchased both in the past? We helped make Crystal 'Rich!'
@Igor Tkachenko,I purchased USB Safely Remove before learning about Zentimo xStorage Manager, which I also purchased a license for. As a previous purchaser of both products, I was interested in the discounted offer for the current Zentimo version. On the Zentimo order page, the Personal License has a choice of 1 year, 2 years, or lifetime upgrades. The lifetime is $35.94. Below the choice of licenses (Personal, Commercial, Unlimited Site License) were two lines:If you are an existing Zentimo customer see extending upgrade subscription plans.' USB Safely Remove' customers can obtain the license for Zentimo at special discounted prices!Great, I thought. Previous Zentimo purchasers are being honored with a better discount.
But when I arrived at that page, the price to have the Lifetime license is $39.90. People that Crystal Rich has already made money off of do not get a better deal after all. What gives there?Even more interesting is that the page for USB Safely Remove customers can get the lifetime Zentimo for $29.95. Since Zentimo is a more expensive product, shouldn't previous Zentimo customers get a better deal than previous USB Safely Remove customers?
And what about those of us that purchased both in the past? We helped make Crystal 'Rich!' Igor Tkachenko,The right click eject does prepare the device for safe removal.Do not get fooled by internet-hear-say from companies to try to sell you stuff which you do not need.Moreover, in Windows you can configure it to always use safe write-method oppose to quick write-method, so that you do not even need to manually eject the drive.Learn to use Windows people, instead of falling for hear-say and commercial crap/bloat software and then complain you're computer is running slow with processes in the background (which you don't even know about). But hey, there are programs to 'fix' that too.
Igor Tkachenko,The right click eject does prepare the device for safe removal.Do not get fooled by internet-hear-say from companies to try to sell you stuff which you do not need.Moreover, in Windows you can configure it to always use safe write-method oppose to quick write-method, so that you do not even need to manually eject the drive.Learn to use Windows people, instead of falling for hear-say and commercial crap/bloat software and then complain you're computer is running slow with processes in the background (which you don't even know about). But hey, there are programs to 'fix' that too. Igor Tkachenko,Browsing in explorer has no effect at all on the 'safety' of the removal.It's the (pending/cached) writing jobs which might be problematic if you don't 'eject' the drive prior to physical removal and that is what 'right-clicking' does (finishing any pending writing jobs), unless you have configered Windows to always use the safe non-cached writing. In that case you don't even need to 'right-click for safe removal'.Thus, again, the right click eject does prepare the device for safe removal. Do not get fooled by internet-hear-say from companies to try to sell you stuff which you do not need. Igor Tkachenko,Browsing in explorer has no effect at all on the 'safety' of the removal.It's the (pending/cached) writing jobs which might be problematic if you don't 'eject' the drive prior to physical removal and that is what 'right-clicking' does (finishing any pending writing jobs), unless you have configered Windows to always use the safe non-cached writing.
In that case you don't even need to 'right-click for safe removal'.Thus, again, the right click eject does prepare the device for safe removal. Do not get fooled by internet-hear-say from companies to try to sell you stuff which you do not need. Oscar,If Exploer can browse device after it's 'safe removal' it means that any other program can also access device and make new writing jobs before you disconnect the device.This 'Eject' is aimed to only eject media from its carrying device. In case of a card reader or a DVD player it works, the card is prepared to remove and the DVD disk is ejected. In case of flash drives it may not work if the device controller doesn't handle properly this eject command (IOCTLSTORAGEMEDIAREMOVAL request).
And there's no 'eject' option at all for external hard drives since they do not try to pretend they have some media in it like flash drives.In short this 'eject' doesn't prepare the device for safe removal and it's better to avoid it. Note I don't say that you have to use our program for safe removal.Regards,Igor Tkachenko,Crystal Rich Ltd. Oscar,If Exploer can browse device after it's 'safe removal' it means that any other program can also access device and make new writing jobs before you disconnect the device.This 'Eject' is aimed to only eject media from its carrying device. In case of a card reader or a DVD player it works, the card is prepared to remove and the DVD disk is ejected. In case of flash drives it may not work if the device controller doesn't handle properly this eject command (IOCTLSTORAGEMEDIAREMOVAL request). And there's no 'eject' option at all for external hard drives since they do not try to pretend they have some media in it like flash drives.In short this 'eject' doesn't prepare the device for safe removal and it's better to avoid it. Note I don't say that you have to use our program for safe removal.Regards,Igor Tkachenko,Crystal Rich Ltd.
#23Downloaded, installed twice on Win 7, received S/N by email. There is an icon in the toolbar allowing one to eject different USB devices. Right clicking on the icon does not bring up the program allowing the insertion of the S/N. The program is not visible in Process Lasso Pro as a running process but I clearly see an icon in the toolbar. The website says to right click the icon and open Help, as per usual, but this produces no effect. Strangely, selecting the link 'Crystal Rich Ltd' to email Igor leads to a warning on Firefox of possible malware. Selecting the link to the forum site opens a page but no text can be introduced in the text box after selecting any of the feedback options.
Comment #14 has the same problem but Igor has not responded. Downloaded, installed twice on Win 7, received S/N by email. There is an icon in the toolbar allowing one to eject different USB devices.
Right clicking on the icon does not bring up the program allowing the insertion of the S/N. The program is not visible in Process Lasso Pro as a running process but I clearly see an icon in the toolbar.
The website says to right click the icon and open Help, as per usual, but this produces no effect. Strangely, selecting the link 'Crystal Rich Ltd' to email Igor leads to a warning on Firefox of possible malware. Selecting the link to the forum site opens a page but no text can be introduced in the text box after selecting any of the feedback options. Comment #14 has the same problem but Igor has not responded. #8Grab this while you can!
We've been using this program for years and just upgraded from Version 5 to 6 with no problems (I closed the old one first). One nice option that we appreciate is the option to let it run for all users. Another is the ability to change the icons. We have multiple external drives so by right clicking on one and then choosing 'Device Properties' and then 'Device Image' and 'Change', I can make each device's icon its actual color (blue, red.) making it almost impossible to remove the wrong device by mistake. Thank you, Crystal Rich.
Grab this while you can! We've been using this program for years and just upgraded from Version 5 to 6 with no problems (I closed the old one first). One nice option that we appreciate is the option to let it run for all users. Another is the ability to change the icons.
We have multiple external drives so by right clicking on one and then choosing 'Device Properties' and then 'Device Image' and 'Change', I can make each device's icon its actual color (blue, red.) making it almost impossible to remove the wrong device by mistake. Thank you, Crystal Rich. #6I have been using USB Safely remove for years. It is so much better than the Windows default, and shows everything you would want to know about what USB connections are on your computer. You can even hide connections that are more permanent such as hubs and drives you do not disconnect a lot.
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Comes in handy so you do not accidentally eject them and have to get to the back of your computer to reset for them to be seen by Windows again.In addition to great customer service, Crystal Rich has a lifetime license available, which I bought years ago and never regretted it. I am sure Zentimo is just as good as USB Safely Remove, I just never had the need for all it offers.Thanks GAOTD and Crystal Rich, for another great offering! I have been using USB Safely remove for years.
It is so much better than the Windows default, and shows everything you would want to know about what USB connections are on your computer. You can even hide connections that are more permanent such as hubs and drives you do not disconnect a lot.
Usb Safely Remove License Key Generator
Comes in handy so you do not accidentally eject them and have to get to the back of your computer to reset for them to be seen by Windows again.In addition to great customer service, Crystal Rich has a lifetime license available, which I bought years ago and never regretted it. I am sure Zentimo is just as good as USB Safely Remove, I just never had the need for all it offers.Thanks GAOTD and Crystal Rich, for another great offering!. #5There's a quite an impressing list of improvements and bug fixes since the last version that was offered here on giveawayoftheday.What's new in version 6.0 at a glance?Improved forced stop:Now the forced stop will unlock the device in all cases where earlier versions failed: svchost, an NTFS issue (so called $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog isue), when some low level program like antivirus, backup locked the drive etc. Besides now the program shows even such locking processes that open a direct connection to the drive (e.g. HD Tune) without access to the file system.-Support for High-DPI monitors-Improved usb 3 supportTake care. There's a quite an impressing list of improvements and bug fixes since the last version that was offered here on giveawayoftheday.What's new in version 6.0 at a glance?Improved forced stop:Now the forced stop will unlock the device in all cases where earlier versions failed: svchost, an NTFS issue (so called $Extend$RmMetadata$TxfLog isue), when some low level program like antivirus, backup locked the drive etc. Besides now the program shows even such locking processes that open a direct connection to the drive (e.g.
HD Tune) without access to the file system.-Support for High-DPI monitors-Improved usb 3 supportTake care. #2I highly recommend USB Safely Remove. I've been using a previous version of this (which I also got a as a giveaway) for about 18 months, and just upgraded to this newer version. I didn't need to uninstall the old version first.Sometimes after I've copied files to a USB flash drive, I pull out the drive to soon and the files don't get written properly.
By using USB Safely Remove, I avoid this. When you use it to eject a drive, before ejecting it, it makes sure everything has been written to the drive.
So, when it says the flash drive has been ejected, I know it's safe to pull out the drive.I have configured the system tray icon for USB Safely Remove to always be shown in the Task Bar, which gives me instant access to it. You can Google how to always show the icons for any program which puts an icon in the system tray, if you don't know how to do this. I highly recommend USB Safely Remove.
I've been using a previous version of this (which I also got a as a giveaway) for about 18 months, and just upgraded to this newer version. I didn't need to uninstall the old version first.Sometimes after I've copied files to a USB flash drive, I pull out the drive to soon and the files don't get written properly. By using USB Safely Remove, I avoid this. When you use it to eject a drive, before ejecting it, it makes sure everything has been written to the drive. So, when it says the flash drive has been ejected, I know it's safe to pull out the drive.I have configured the system tray icon for USB Safely Remove to always be shown in the Task Bar, which gives me instant access to it. You can Google how to always show the icons for any program which puts an icon in the system tray, if you don't know how to do this.