Armadillo Professional v4.62
Мощный протектор с солидным арсеналом настроек.
Armadillo Professional is a powerful license manager and software protection system. it wraps around your program like an armored shell, defending your work from pirates and program crackers while і enforcing your license agreement. it allows you to add a complete ready-made registration-key and software protection system to your existing programs in five minutes or less -- source code is not required! it works with almost any 32-bit windows exe, dll, ocx, or screen saver file, regardless of the language it was written in. the power and flexibility of armadillo come from its license management model. you decide, when you release your program, how it will be licensed -- armadillo offers a number of options, including unlimited licenses, time-limited licenses (which expire a certain number of days after the user first runs them), date-limited licenses (which expire on a certain date, the date can be either hard-coded into the program or placed in the key), and usage-limited licenses (which expire after a certain number of runs or after using some function a certain number of times). the program's license certificates are embedded in the program itself when armadillo encrypts it. they can only be decrypted using the keys you select, by means of an encryption template (a word or phrase that you keep secret) -- no information built into the program can decrypt a license file without the proper key. and if anyone tries to patch the armadillo code to bypass the license-check, the program can't be decrypted -- it requires information stored in the license certificate. armadillo supports several different kinds of licenses, including temporary (time-limited) and demonstration/limited usage. each kind of license requires a different key to decrypt, meaning that even if someone were able to crack the protection scheme, they would still be unable to forge a permanent license key without first buying your program. and they can't get away with buying a key and then immediately getting their money back, either; when a user first purchases the program, you can send them a temporary key which will only work for a limited time (such as the charge-back period for credit card purchases or the time it takes for their check to clear). if the check doesn't clear, or they demand their money back within that time period, the key will expire and they'll be no better off than they were. if all goes well, you send them a permanent key after you've safely gotten your money. your program can be released on cd-rom, disk, via the internet, or any other way you wish. you will only need one version of your program to handle all of the different license models! when a user pays for your software, you only need to give him a key (something like "a1b2-c3d4-e5f6-7890"), which you can generate either by hand (using armadillo) or by program (using the codegen.dll supplied with it). because of its format, keys can be given easily by telephone, fax, or e-mail. you can also set up your program so it doesn't need a key to get a trial version, by using a default key which armadillo checks for if it can't find another one, so your user doesn't even have to worry about getting or entering a key until he decides to purchase your program. setting up armadillo is a snap! a dialog-based system allows you to change any of its settings, no messy text configuration filesinvolved. guided examples show you the most common features of armadillo and how to use them; you can have your armadillo system ready to run in as little as five minutes. once it's set up, a single command (which can be given using the graphical interface or by the command line) will protect your software. armadillo will work with or without support by your program. if you use a third-party program to create yours (such as an e-book program, a screen-saver toolkit, or a music system), armadillo can handle all the license-management details without the actual program knowing anything about it. or, if you prefer, you can integrate armadillo's licensing into your program and handle everything yourself. armadillo's keys are based on a word or phrase that you select (known as an "encryption template"). this secret word or phrase is what makes armadillo's licenses secure -- without it, no one (including us!) can access the details of your license, or your program. armadillo keys can be generated by most of the online software-purchase systems with little or no effort. if your favorite system does not support armadillo yet, please ask them to contact us, and we will provide them with the necessary files free of charge.
Как разработчики защищают свои программы? Для этого существуют такие программы, как Armadillo - мощный протектор с солидным арсеналом настроек, работает на основе трейсера практически со всеми Win32/PE-файлами, независимо от использованных языков программирования. Поддерживает антиотладочные приемы, проверку контрольной суммы, сжатие кода и данных, создание триальных версий программ, привязку к аппаратному обеспечению, динамическое шифрование кода, имеет развитую систему генерации ключей.
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