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 Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 06:46:01
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If you have the "Task Manager" running in a window, while in a Copysafe protected session, is there any chance that a user can select the Copysafe process and using the left mouse button "End Process". I'm sure you guys have thought of this one already, please share with me how you dealt with this "threat".
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 06:47:22
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| Copysafe attaches to the browser process. It is not a process itself, and as such there is no "Copysafe" entry anywhere in
Task manager. The browser session which is utilizing Copysafe will definitely appear in
Task manager, and a user can close that browser through
Task manager or simply by clicking on the "X" close button in the title bar of the browser. When the browser that was using Copysafe is closed, Copysafe stops. There is no way of killing Copysafe independent of killing the browser that is hosting Copysafe. |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 07:04:00
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| One of my associates has discovered a method to capture your protected image. Actually it is the one from your demo. Before finding out how he actually did it I tried a few different capture programs myself and they didn't work?? But if you don't believe me I can send you a copy if interested. |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 07:16:21
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Please let us know the method and we will fix it immediately.
The Copysafe
plug-in is especially designed so that it can be updated whenever the need arises. There are many capture devices and they vary somewhat in operation. And with each, every new version is also somewhat different. Just with what the browser makers are doing to web security, what with things being removed and new options added to enable the home user to access what would otherwise be protected by Copyright, is an ongoing battle. It can be soul destroying for anyone with intellectual property online.
But this is what or Copysafe is all about... designed to be adaptable and easily upgraded. When an upgrade is available, each visitor is compelled to update before they can see the images. |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 07:24:00
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| Hmm.. it sounds as though the system may have been well designed. When a new version is released, how does that affect the customer's web site? For example one with thousands of images?? |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 07:40:19
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Version control is managed by a 7 kb file that sits in the root of their web site. That is all they need to change on the web site!
When an upgrade is available, we send the client a new file by email, and all they need to do is upload it to their web site. Upgrading is their decision, but anyone not upgrading is taking a risk as the Internet is constantly changing.
It is only the
plug-in that changes according to browser changes (and deficiencies). The next time a visitor goes to view a Copysafe image, his
plug-in version is compared to that small file on the web site, and if outdated they are offered the option of downloading the update (auto install) or not seeing the image.
The Copysafe program that processes and encrypts the images has not changed since it was released in 2000, and the Java files and applet have not changed since they were upgraded for compatibility with the PBV system a short time later. |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 08:05:22
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When you say "browser
deficiencies" surely you are cracking the joke, because both Microsoft and Netscape have made major upgrades to their browsers, each with many more features.
Anyway, I am much more interested in the long term aspect. How does the
licensing policy work? For example, if I set up one of my clients with Copysafe, what are the limitations and fees if any that he can look forward to in say one to two years time? |
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Posted - Sep 08 2002 : 08:20:30
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Nobody can warrant that anything for the web will survive radical browser changes, but we can warrant that we will provide upgrades for FREE to meet those changes as they appear.
Protecting online content is dependent upon what people like Microsoft and Netscape do to their browsers, and some of it is not pretty. For example, Netscape 6 was a disaster as a browser, and now 7 is out as a Beta version and it still has problems in that it is still NOT displaying html as good the v4 series. Between IE's version 5 to 5.5 and now the diabolical 6 which has dropped
plug-in support completely for ActiveX only. These changes alone caused 14 upgrades.
Our licensing includes FREE support and ongoing upgrades. Whereas everyone else charges for support and new releases, our policy is that one happy and safe customer begets another and so on. This is what we are really about, and I doubt if a comparable service exists. |
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Cheating the system