Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site entropy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!fetrow From: fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: software protection - dongles Message-ID: <176@entropy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 23:15:10 EDT Article-I.D.: entropy.176 Posted: Mon Jul 8 23:15:10 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Jul-85 23:57:18 EDT References: <566@alberta.UUCP> <10800011@uiucdcsp> Organization: UW MathStat, Seattle Lines: 9 > > "Dongles" are a truely silly idea. They have the same bug the "key disk" > idea has -- what if your "dongle" gets trashed? It's a matter of degree though. A key disk is ridiculously suceptable, a dongle only moderately so. For a copy protection scheme it's relatively innoculous.