[xtremee]

Hi all,

i wanna to know what is the best way that i can use to prevent my CD from being copied.

i have make Autorun password but, i worry about copying my cd so, what have i to do to protect my CD from copying.

Thanks in advance.



Regards,

Xtremee

[DigeratiPrime]

Any CD/DVD can be copied very easily.

All you can do (if feasible) is limit distribution, that is you carry around the only copy. Maybe encrypt the backup image too.

BTW its easy to disable AutoRun.

[xtremee]

i know that the autorun is not good
wat i'm looking for is tool to encrypt my CD or something like that to prevent my CD from copy
Also this CD have a program that i work on it for a long time so i will buy it and wanna a good protection. I know that there isn't a 100% protection but lets c the best one

This post has been edited by xtremee: 26 August 2006 - 10:41 AM

[ripken204]

what exactly do u need it protected for? do you only have 1 cd and are afraid of someone getting their hands on it? maybe encrypt the file with winrar or something...

[xtremee]

i need to encrypting all CD not only file or setup program

[ripken204]

you cant encypt the whole cd, otherwise how will you be able to even view it? but u can just encrypt all of the files.

[Googler24022]

http://www.star-force.com/

Check out Star Force. I heard their technology was good.

[rotjong]

Googler24022, on Aug 26 2006, 09:27 PM, said:

http://www.star-force.com/

Check out Star Force. I heard their technology was good.

Ugh. Curse you for even mentioning their name!

This post has been edited by rotjong: 26 August 2006 - 03:46 PM

[Jeremy]

Yeah, curse you.

[LLXX]

True copy protection is a myth, it's more like a 'copy hindrance'.

If you created the CD with a standard CD burner, it can be copied.

Even systems that rely on physical differences in the disks (e.g. ProRing et al.) can be defeated easily, so if you're just creating the CD with your CD burner, you are definitely not going to make anything hard to copy.

You don't want others to make a copy of your CD, don't give it to them.

[nitroshift]

If you are using Nero to burn the cd, when it says "Writing Lead-in and Lead-out" click cancel. The data is still on the cd, but can't be copied...

[DigeratiPrime]

um but you could still drag and drop the files off the cd into a folder and burn a new cd i think.

[CoffeeFiend]

Yeah, that makes no sense. If you cancel during lead-in, there won't be anything on the CD (lead-in is before the data track itself). And cancelling during the lead-out will NOT prevent anyone from copying... Besides, it takes very good timing to do so. Lead-out is quite short, and the burning apps don't react instantly (click cancel, confirm you want to, app does it's thing and tries to make the drive stop - always takes a while). If anything, you'll just have a non-standard CD that will give you problems. If the PC using it to install can read it, it can be copied.

The only effective protection here is preventing physical access.