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| SOFTWARE
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When
HYPER-LOCK software protection is applied to a program, the program: |
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Can not be
used by unauthorised users.
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Can
not be modified. |
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Can
not be viewed. |
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The first item
is explained under the heading Copy Protection,
while the second and third one are explained under the heading View-Security
Protection. Even though the both headings are accomplished
in the same frame they are here split for the sake of better understanding.
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| COPY
PROTECTION |
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Copy protection
prevents unauthorised access of the programs, applying certain protection
techniques. It is ineffective and impractical to protect the programs
against DOS or Windows copy utilities. A better idea, which
can be used instead, is to make the programs depended on objects,
which can not be duplicated. This object can be a hardware device,
a diskette or a Hard Disk. However, the object must be unique and
unduplicatable. If you copy the program and try to run it on another
machine, it will not run without the object on which the program
is dependent.
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| VIEW-SECURITY
PROTECTION
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Security programs
are operating on the files with extension COM or EXE and prevents
the files from being viewed or modified. Since the protected program
is changed by the Security programs, the program with the View-Security
strongly resists to the programs used for viewing the program code
(debuggers). View-Security protection, however, does not prevent
the file from being copied and can be used with the other protection
programs.
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