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PELock Software Protection & Software License Key System
Company blog · pelock.com/articlessecurityprogramming
PELock Software Protection & Software License Key System is the company blog at pelock.com, writing about security and programming. Since 2015, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Polymorphic Encryption Algorithms (2016)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link PELock's pages on software protection, obfuscation and reverse-engineering defeat, which commenters cite as examples of anti-reverse-engineering tools and how-tos.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Software copy protection against reverse engineering with anti-cracking & anti-debugging techniques. Software license key system with time trial options.
Most-linked posts?
- Polymorphic Encryption Algorithms (2016)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-12-16
- How to open money banknote image in Photoshop?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-21
What Hacker News says?
Look at the Obfuscator from PELock https://www.pelock.com/products/obfuscator/screenshots it does even more anti-re damage and it's been on the market for about 5 years?
Comment linking /products/obfuscator/screenshots
on “Anti-Disassembly techniques used by malware”Submitted Polymorphic Encryption Algorithms (2016) as a story · 46 points
HN discussionThere are lots of firmware/software hacks to defeat these kinds of things: https://www.pelock.com/services/reverse-engineering/how-to-o... There may be a mild deterrence to casual users, but if the photons are reaching a human’s eyes, there are ways to capture them.
Comment linking /services/reverse-engineering/how-to-open-money-banknote-image-in-photoshop-bypass-eurion-constellation
on “An image preprocessing tool to protect artworks from AI-for-Art based mimicry”Submitted Reverse Engineering Tools in 2022 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Polymorphic Encryption Algorithms as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to open money banknote image in Photoshop? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steganography online codec with AES-CBC-256 and PBKDF2 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Write a CrackMe for a CTF Competition as a story · 1 points
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