Adding serial number to software

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adobe71 0 Junior Poster in Training

14 Years Ago

i hav created software in visual studio 2008 window application using C#,now i want to add serial number.how can i do it pls give ur suggestions.

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kvprajapati 1,826 Posting Genius

14 Years Ago

>now i want to add serial number.

Have a look at this article - Custom Installer.

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bbman 12 Junior Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-09-20T02:15:41+00:00

bbman 12 Junior Poster

14 Years Ago

Remember to obstruficate your software.

Serialz 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-09-20T03:36:15+00:00

Definitely! Although it's based off encryption algorithms. If the users are utilizing the methods with both a unique passcode and salt it should be safe even if someone were to reflect the assembly. Brute forcing would not be fun.

I guess to continue that logic. Be sure to obfuscate the code calling Simple Serials.

Serialz 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 3 · 2010-09-24T20:16:05+00:00

Looks like they deleted my link regardless of relevance, but I get why. I used private key encryption algorithms in order to create my serial number library. I believe this to be much better than simple pattern matching. If you're interested I can provide more details on the actual method, but if you want to save some time, there's a link in my profile to get the .NET assembly I've written.