Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: What in blazes is a dongle anyway? Message-ID: <501@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 01:24:49 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.501 Posted: Tue Jul 16 01:24:49 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:46:05 EDT Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:linus:-45200:wdl1:1400055:000:337 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Jul 15 21:34:00 1985 A ``dongle'' is a security device used to prevent program piracy. The idea is to have something attached to the computer (typically via an RS-232 port) which must be present or the program won't run. It's less of a pain than most disk-oriented copy protection schemes; hard disks and networks don't cause problems. John Nagle