RE: Microsoft Activation ... UGH

["Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com>]

Yes, they're still called dongles, but nowadays they connect to a USB port
instead of a parallel port. And many fine companies, including my own, still
use them. As I said, silly but darn secure.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: stephen -dot- arrants -at- comcast -dot- net 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:40 PM
To: Goldstein, Dan
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Microsoft Activation ... UGH

> Even those silly HASP keys are (IMHO) more convenient than
> activation, and they're pretty darn secure. But there ought to be a better
> method than HASP keys, too.

Are you talking about dongles (That's what we used to call them.) These were
hardware devices that connected to the parallel port to validate your copy
of AutoCAD or Quark or whatever. It was always tricky to get them to work
together without crashing the system or slowing things down. 

I'm wondering whether something like a smartcard or similar device might
replace that.  What's a better way??

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