Safedisc

[TippeX]

actually there was one of their sdk's leaked a long time ago, no wrapper, but some other interesting stuff ... and yes as previously mentioned damn near every 'large' protector out there works online..

you upload your exe to their server, they wrap, u get it back

safedisc, securom, starforce all use this method, tages too probably

[Alien Firefox]

thats fucking rude then aint it

i saw the safedisc v1 tools on a torrent site once but it had no seeders.

and i dont think the website idea works somehow folks sounds to easy.

and the copy protection developers are to much of a tight arse to allow free protection.

and i dont nessaserily want to use it to protect files.

but it'd be good to protect my old software if i bothered too.

just though it would be handy to have is all

[DABhand]

If they did give out their wrappers, you would see the following.


1. Crackers easily cracking each new update.

2. People having the wrapper freely from various warez sources.

3. No money for the people who make the protections, you have to remember they have a life and a job to do.

4. Developers lose confidence in the PC market and will focus on Consoles as there would be no "safe" protection to use.


So you can see would be dire if they were to freely give the wrappers away.

Hence why its done on-site.

Why is it rude? For a company to protect their work?

Also the Safedisc tools wouldnt have been the wrapper, but an unwrapper more or less.

[TippeX]

Originally Posted by Alien Firefox

thats fucking rude then aint it
and i dont think the website idea works somehow folks sounds to easy.

website is closed to the public (typically ssl'd too)
you need a license (which gives a login) to access it
from there, you upload your files, server protect them
and sends them back to you...

safe, secure, simple

you then make your iso of your game content, put the protected exe/dll/whatever on it, and either snail mail (rare these days), or
upload the iso..

the iso is then 'mastered' (protection signature applied, and disks pressed - amount varies), and distributed to you, or any address you supplied as your distribution centre - sometimes the centres can even be the stores they're sold at...