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John_Adams16-Jan-08 22:12
John_Adams16-Jan-08 22:12 
Hi,

In reference to your query I would like to mention that there are some common techniques used to design CD or software Keys.

Some common techniques are just to use random math stuff. So lets say you have a serial like this: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

You could randomly generate numbers (either decimal or hex format), for the first 3 groups. Set Group # 4 to the answer of (Groups 1 and 2) / Group 3. You could add random constants or do other funny things.

Another technique is to randomly generate what cryptologist call a "salt". So using the same format as above, you would randomly generate group #1, concatenate the "salt" with some other string that you hard-code, and then put that whole string through an md5 (or other) one-way hashing function. Then the remaining 3 groups can be some defined portion of the md5 hash. Sometimes companies require the buyer to "telephone activate", where they have to give their name, and then the company name to generates them a serial using their name as a salt to some serial generator. In this way the user's information is slightly more tied into the whole scenario. If you want to take it one step further, use their credit card number as the salt, this will make them more unlikely to just share their activation information with others.

I hope this would help to initiate the things. For code snippets you may search on Google.

Have a nice day Smile | :) .

Regards,
John Adams
ComponentOne LLC

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