computer_nerd wrote:

some decent protection is better than none.

yup, agreed. I didn't post that link to try and give someone a crack to it, hopefully it didn't come across as such.. merely as an example that it had been cracked, and if folks can get the beast itself to study, it helps the chances of it being reversed easier. packers/crypters at a minimum help keep the run of the mill hobbyist cracker from getting into your stuff, which is definitely better than nothing. I believe a PE packer/crypter and obfuscation can be a really pain for folks to attack, so if you can use a combo of that, you could at least fend off the bad guys for some time.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=cgv&q=softwarepassport+armadillo+v6.0.0.600+crd&btnG=Search[^] do some research and find out which of the commercial copy protections are the hardest for reversers to reverse. nothing is safe to be realistic, if you can build it, it can be unbuilt, aside from actually leaving code out and truly limiting a shareware version, but then you have to worry about your truly registered users giving out their copy to friends etc. never ending circle eh ;)