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John wrote:
> 
> I have an idea of how to implement a copy protection scheme into my program.
> 
> My idea is to store the serial number of the installation floppy disk in a
> hidden file on the disk. The installation program will then check this file
> to see if the contents match the serial no. of the floppy disk. If they do
> not match (i.e. the program has been copied), the installation program will
> not run.
> 
> Does anyone know an easy way to read the serial number of a floppy disk into
> a string in Turbo Pascal 7?
> 
> Also does anyone know of any better ways to add copy protection to a program
> which can be easily implemented in TP7? I realise that no copy protection
> technique is perfect.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated,
> 
> John Skilbeck,
> jps@peachworld.com


Something you may want to do is get your hands on as many cracking 
tutorials as possible and see how they do their dirty work. There is no 
better, or more humbling, demonstration of what _not_ to do, than reading 
thru some of the better crackers works...

For some of the best crackers in the world, virtually (no pun intended)
no protection will keep them out.