Teddy Rogers Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I was just having a look around the net and came across this short and unfinished article by Jeremy Collake:In it software protection is described and the ideal requirements of a software protection scheme are enumerated and elaborated on.http://www.bitsum.com/prot.aspI don't agree with the part about carding...Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehtyar Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 He seems to have ignored a lot of his own crap in that article. I wonder if he's aware of the multiple unpecompacts available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 You have a point but even from the outset Jeremy always stated that PeCompact was only ever meant to be a packer and not a protector. After he said all that it seemed strange that he then went on to implement API redirection, the IsPacked API check and also encrypted string markers. I think he did have intentions on creating a new protector and as such those features were a stepping stone to it. I am not sure if he still has ideas on doing this, it was quite a long time ago... Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehtyar Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 That was mostly my point right there, and especially with that retail plugin advanced anti-debug or whatever..i'd like to get my hands on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cond0lence Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 And to describe it with Jeremy's own words:It is important for people to realize that protection is a trade-off. The more secure your software, the less efficiently it will load and the less compressed it will end up. Furthermore, as I mentioned before, protection schemes are usually inveresely proportional in security and platform (and software environment) compatibility.http://www.bitsum.com/smf/index.php?topic=240.0The supported AntiDebug Loader is a non-standard feature for example,but Pec2 will never support a hard protection (like teddy said it was meant to be a packer).I don't think Jeremy ever change his way, because he cares about the right essential things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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