Re: SERIAL NUMBER PROBLEM *AGAIN*!!!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21268
interpreted = N
texte = >>So let me get this straight - if some scum bucket launches a webcat server >>somewhere on the internet with a stolen serial number then the legitimate >>server with that serial goes into serial number math hell?? - bad >> >>And while this may sound unlikely there have been cases of unscrupulous ISP >>personnel stealing s/w and serials. An even greater danger would be if >>PCS's serial number scheme was cracked and serial numbers started showing >>up in the warez sites. You could then (theoritically) systematically take >>down all web cat servers on the net -very bad indeed. >> >>Tell me this is not the case so my paranoia can drop a level or two... > > >Which is exactly why it doesn't work this way.Then how does it work? Do you know for a fact that this is not what it's doing? Or are you just talking?>Don't press PCS for information on how they secure their product, >if you run into a problem then deal with it.We don't care how PCS secures their product! What we care about is using a product that doesn't screw up whevener it feels like it, especially when it seems to want to identify an existing, valid SN as being in use elsewhere ... when it is clearly *NOT* in use anywhere else.This is not a problem that *WE* webcat users should ever have to deal with. It's a problem PCS should fix, and soon. I've already been forced to go back to version 2.1.3 because I cannot get 3.01 to work any more ...PCS, please tell us *when* will this problem be looked at ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>>So let me get this straight - if some scum bucket launches a webcat server >>somewhere on the internet with a stolen serial number then the legitimate >>server with that serial goes into serial number math hell?? - bad >> >>And while this may sound unlikely there have been cases of unscrupulous ISP >>personnel stealing s/w and serials. An even greater danger would be if >>PCS's serial number scheme was cracked and serial numbers started showing >>up in the warez sites. You could then (theoritically) systematically take >>down all web cat servers on the net -very bad indeed. >> >>Tell me this is not the case so my paranoia can drop a level or two... > > >Which is exactly why it doesn't work this way.Then how does it work? Do you know for a fact that this is not what it's doing? Or are you just talking?>Don't press PCS for information on how they secure their product, >if you run into a problem then deal with it.We don't care how PCS secures their product! What we care about is using a product that doesn't screw up whevener it feels like it, especially when it seems to want to identify an existing, valid SN as being in use elsewhere ... when it is clearly *NOT* in use anywhere else.This is not a problem that *WE* webcat users should ever have to deal with. It's a problem PCS should fix, and soon. I've already been forced to go back to version 2.1.3 because I cannot get 3.01 to work any more ...PCS, please tell us *when* will this problem be looked at ...Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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