[game_preservation] Problematic installation DRM; thoughts?

[Jim Leonard]

Captain Commando wrote:

> This sounds like the dongle problem all over again. 


Dongles are easier to crack because you can intercept the communication 
between the dongle and the software, and/or simply snapshot a copy of 
the software as it is running (ie. already decrypted).  Verifying a key 
on a server you no longer have access to, however...

Now, it's possible to fake a response to the program such that it will 
install.  But if you need to verify a key to play online, well, that's 
the bigger problem.
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