( ESNUG 308 Item 6 ) ---------------------------------------------- [1/20/99]

Subject: Cheap, Stolen Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys Software From FLEXlm Crack?

> From: flexlm@hotmail.com
> Date: 1999/01/05
> Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
>
> Hi,
>
> Many softwares (like Solaris software design kit, Cadence, Synopsys,
> Specctra) on UNIX use FLEXlm as their license manager, but FLEXlm is not
> secure, it can be cracked. Is anyone interested?  Please email to:
> flexlm@hotmail.com.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/       Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own    


From: miller@symbol.com (Wayne Miller)

Hi John,

Saw this on comp.cad.cadence.  Is this the beginning of the end?

    - Wayne Miller
      Symbol Technologies, Inc.

  [ Editor's Note: This got me curious, so I wrote the enigmatic
    "flexlm" poster to find out more.  Here's the exchange.   - John ]

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
To: flexlm@hotmail.com

What's up with this Flex-LM crack?

  - John

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: "Flexlm Cracker" <flexlm@hotmail.com>
To: jcooley@world.std.com

Hi,

FLEXlm on UNIX is not secure, do you have something to crack?

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
To: flexlm@hotmail.com

Please explain.  How do you do this?

    - John

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: "Flexlm Cracker" <flexlm@hotmail.com>
To: jcooley@world.std.com

Hi,

I use adb to crack, it is tiring, so this service is not free.  :)

Are you interested for a deal?

         ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----   ----

From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
To: flexlm@hotmail.com

Just curious: are you, or have you ever been, an Avanti employee?

    - John


 [ Editor's Note: The "Flexlm Cracker" never bothered to reply any further
   e-mails after I asked him/her that question!  Hmmmm...  :^)  - John  ]



 Sign up for the DeepChip newsletter.
Email
 Read what EDA tool users really think.


Feedback About Wiretaps ESNUGs SIGN UP! Downloads Trip Reports Advertise

"Relax. This is a discussion. Anything said here is just one engineer's opinion. Email in your dissenting letter and it'll be published, too."
This Web Site Is Modified Every 2-3 Days
Copyright 1991-2024 John Cooley.  All Rights Reserved.
| Contact John Cooley | Webmaster | Legal | Feedback Form |

   !!!     "It's not a BUG,
  /o o\  /  it's a FEATURE!"
 (  >  )
  \ - / 
  _] [_     (jcooley 1991)