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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Burry" <dburry@tagnet.org>
To: <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: Unlocking & stuff (was Re: [sword-devel] Cool idea: Commercial
Linux /Windows Bible program based on Sword)


> Of course, you'd need a proper e-commerce and registration system and
database on the server side, if you ever wanted to allow registered people
to re-key and re-download things without paying again, if they upgrade to a
new computer later, for instance.  Basically, in the end, you'd end up with
something just as secure as the online banking system my bank uses....  And
I know how costly _that_ is to fund, so I can see why there is a place for
commercial Bible software companies.  Any commercial Bible software
companies working on online stuff like this?  hope hope...
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:14 AM 2/2/2001 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> >> How about using a key where you can download the module that you have
> >> purchased..  The key code can be used only two or three times using the
> >> install manager and then a new code would have to be purchased..
> >
> >So restrict the modules at point of download.  Hmmm...  That might just
> >work.  Only people who have paid for the modules can download them.
> >That way, even though the key management cannot be 100% secure, at least
> >you've got someone to blame if the module pops up in places where it
> >shouldn't.  :-)
> >
> >Actually, there is a way that we could make the key management
> >reasonably secure.  Each installation of the program could generate an
> >installation asymmetric key pair, and the user would be required to
> >enter a passphrase with which to encrypt it (using a symmetric cipher).
> >Unlocks would be done in such a way that the (symmetric) module key is
> >(asymmetrically) encrypted to the installation key of the user, and
> >stored in a "keyring" on the user's PC.
>
>