Re: Total protection for your software against crack

From: Simon Johnson (simon.johnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/17/05

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    > My problem with Cloakware was mostly that they were entirely hype
    > driven. Even as an employee [I was there for 8 months btw...] I was
    > refused access to the most basic of their research notes... even though
    > my official title was "Intern Cryptographer".

    You see, that's the thing with trade-secrets. They never have any
    substance because if they did then they'd patent them. That's the most
    profitable way to turn a trade-secret in to a money making machine.

    Of course, they'll rant about all their secret IP in their product
    briefs etc but really it's all just snake-oil. It's been recommended by
    everyone in the field that you shouldn't use cryptography covered by
    patents. However, I believe that we should be even more vociferous in
    our attacks on "cryptography" based on trade secrets simply because
    this is on an even worse footing.

    I'll leave it as an excerise to the reader to decide which category
    Cloakware belongs in.

    Simon.

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