brute force protection

Technology advancement nowadays not only brought us many innovative and advanced protection options on Software License Protection Dongles but also threaten us with many possible attacks to make such protection no further meaningful. Before selecting the best product, someone must know what could be the possible threats and make certain the selected product can accomplish their end objectives. Listed here are a few of the common attacks for your references:-

Emulation Attacks 

Hardware Dongle or Key must require driver whilst the communication interface between the device and the protected application. A standard man-in-the-middle attack or emulation attacks where in actuality the hacker is trying to emulate the communication and wanting to replace the original driver with a faked driver, or we named it driver replacement with the intention to really make the application believe, it has past the security checks even minus the valid Dongle. A good Software License Protection Dongle must have the ability to combat this attack with strong encryption and authentication to detect the action, in the event if the driver is replaced. wordpress brute force

Brute Force Attacks

One of the very most common hacking methods is using Password Guessing attack or we named it Brute Force Attacks. There are numerous tools obtainable in the net that allow one to operate systematically trying on every possible passwords with the attempt to find the specific passwords, and thus gain the access to the dongle or protection configuration. So, choosing strong passwords as well as predefined security feature to lock the Dongle after certain no. of wrong passwords attempts can prevent such attacks.

Playback Attacks

In this attack, a hacker will make an effort to "Photostat" the communication flow between the applying and the Dongle as to replay or simulate the same communications to get access to the applying or to even bypass such security checks. To be able to prevent such attacks, an excellent protection method must include random communications or noises to make hackers confuse which are the "real" communications. brute force protection

Reverse Engineering Attacks

Such attacks are possible not only on Software level but also on the Hardware device itself. Reverse engineering on software is where in actuality the hacker is trying to disband the protected application into "raw" form, such as for instance into assembly language and thus wanting to trace the security check point and bypassing it. For hardware reverse engineering, special electronic equipment will soon be require where in actuality the hacker is trying to duplicate the same hardware device. To be able to prevent such attacks on software is to optimize the protection with increased comprehensive security checks, not only simple comparison but with authentication methodology. Dongle products that include more advanced security features such as for instance on board encryption, on board algorithms, digital signature, etc will provide better foundation to combat such attacks. The best way to avoid reverse engineering attacks on hardware will soon be choosing the dongle product which its hardware architecture includes the thought of not able to be duplicated, such as for instance microprocessor smart chip based dongle.