Development of a Methodology for Piracy Protection of Software Installations

Abstract

With the advent of illegal copying of software and pervasive access to the Internet, software protection has gained increasing importance. Therefore, a complete solution, that provides the software piracy protection capability, is required. It should allow one to protect his/her software applications against piracy, illegal use, or illegitimate copy. The authors surveyed current and promising techniques designed to reliably preserve and protect software installations vital to privacy and security. In this paper, the lines of attack have been chalked out under the light of research carried out to explore the known piracy problems and the case studies regarding the work done in the context of anti-piracy. Finally, a refined methodology for secure electronic software distribution and installation has been clearly defined so that software companies do not go on forever, pouring money into development without fully realizing their legitimate profits to justify that expense