slugger_mn
Newbie
- May 5, 2011
- 11
- 0
Hey,
I am looking for the same thing. I have two separate new programs that I want to start selling. I would love to find a licensing system for them as well.
You should keep in touch about your trials. I will do the same.
That way if we find one that is crap, the other doesnt have to waste there time!
Let me know. So far I have tried a few.. No go though..
Thanks-
I am looking for the same thing. I have two separate new programs that I want to start selling. I would love to find a licensing system for them as well.
You should keep in touch about your trials. I will do the same.
That way if we find one that is crap, the other doesnt have to waste there time!
Let me know. So far I have tried a few.. No go though..
Thanks-
thedelimiter
Newbie
- Nov 11, 2011
- 16
- 8
Maybe this will get you started...
I just make a random key on the server in PHP. Then md5 it. After Paypal success I do...
In C#, you have to have the user input their key, MD5 it the same way, and send that to the server. The server should check if that MD5 is in the database then.
If the server finds MD5 of that key in database... the server then adds a known string to that MD5, then MD5s that again. The C# program knows the string going to be appended so it can MD5 that same string on its own, so it could compare its own value with the response from the server. If the responses match, it's a valid key.
I'm sure appending the same string on both sides to validate response isn't super secure... but I'm not expecting people trying to crack my software. It works well enough for me.
I just make a random key on the server in PHP. Then md5 it. After Paypal success I do...
Code:
$licenseKey = makeRandomKey(); //make random key
$dbKey = base64_encode(md5($licenseKey, true));
//Save that key to databaseIn C#, you have to have the user input their key, MD5 it the same way, and send that to the server. The server should check if that MD5 is in the database then.
Code:
//C# code to MD5 same way as PHP
private string MD5_this(String input)
{
System.Security.Cryptography.MD5 alg = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create();
UTF8Encoding enc = new UTF8Encoding();
byte[] hash = alg.ComputeHash(enc.GetBytes(input));
string output = Convert.ToBase64String(hash);
return output;
}If the server finds MD5 of that key in database... the server then adds a known string to that MD5, then MD5s that again. The C# program knows the string going to be appended so it can MD5 that same string on its own, so it could compare its own value with the response from the server. If the responses match, it's a valid key.
I'm sure appending the same string on both sides to validate response isn't super secure... but I'm not expecting people trying to crack my software. It works well enough for me.
OpportunityKnocks
Newbie
- Jan 6, 2012
- 2
- 2
Check out Infralution. They have several products including a licensing system at very reasonable prices. I'm not associated with them and as a matter of fact, I'm looking at them for the very same reason you guys are. I'm looking to release a product very soon and I think this is the route that I'm going to go.
