License Key Generator Code
In the application registration processing, the License key from the user is decoded to recreate the original data fields.
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The is then that can be used by the program when the program is activated or run The algorithm used here is original with me and, as far as I know, will NOT generate keys for any existing commercial programs! Background & Techniques Overview A user recently requested a model to create a license to include purchaser's name, licensing date, and license period. Here's first cut at a method to accomplish this.
I have generalized the technique by including a field definition table which provides field names, lengths, and whether the field is fixed or variable length. License keys consist of upper case letters and numbers separated by hyphen '-' characters into a fixed number of fixed size segments. Below is a screen shot of sample key definition input parameters and encryption key generation (left side) and test controls for building and decoding License Keys for a specific license (right side). Note that generated keys are restricted to uppercase letters and digits 0 to 9.
This seems to be the case in professionally generated keys I have observed. If all of these 36 symbols are to be allowed in the input fields, then special characters cannot be encoded. I can think of ways around this at the expense of key length, (See 'Suggestions' section below). Variable length fields are padded with random characters to reach the maximum length. Fields longer than the specified length are truncated.
If the size of the defined data (field length sum + variable field count) is less than the desired license key length (segment size X # of segments) then consider adding additional 'dummy' unused fields or expanding fixed fields by making them larger variable length fields. Encryption Key and License Key Generation The encryption algorithm is a simple substitution process. The 36 allowed character are randomly shuffled to generate the encryption key. The License Key generation process finds the position of each input character in the Master Key and replaces it with the character from the same position in the Encryption Key. For variable length fields, the initial character represents the number of characters required to pad the field to its specified maximum length ('A'=0, 'B'-1, etc.). Than number of random characters is then added to the License Key before the encrypted field data is appended.
A hyphen character is inserted every 'SegSize' characters in the displayed key for ease of user entry. License Key Decryption In the application registration processing, the License key from the user is decoded to recreate the original data fields. These can be used to validate the license conditions and approve or deny access to the application itself. The process simply reverses the role of the Master Key and the Encryption Key. So if 'A' in position 1 of the Master Key was converted to a '4' at encryption time, then a '4' in the license will be found in the 1st position of the Encryption Key and changed back to the 'A' in the Master Key. Testing steps: 1.
Define the fields: Enter lines with formatted as 'Field name'='Field Size'. Precede a field size with the letter 'V' to indicate that it is variable length. Each variable length field will take up 1 character of the License keys generated. The sum of sizes + the number of 'V' fields must equal the product of the specified key segment size and the number of segments in the key. 2.Specify key segment size and number of segments based on field definitions. 3.Generate an encryption key.
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4.For each license key to be generated,.enter the appropriate field names values and click 'Make License Key' button 5. The 'Decrypt' button will use the field definition data and the encryption key to convert License Key back to the original input data fields. Addendum June 16, 2015: Version 1.1 corrects a few spelling errors and improves screen formatting. As the result of being flagged as a Trojan by the 'Webroot Secure Anywhere' program, I also added the disclaimer stating that the program will not generate a valid key for any existing commercial program that i know of. September September 29, 2015: Someone actually playing with the demo program uncovered a few bugs leading to the creations of Version 2.0 posted today.
Errors corrected are as follows: There was no scrollbar on the decoded display data and it did not scroll the top back into view making it appear that fields were missing when there were more than four of them. The ' ScrollToTop' procedure in the DFFUtils unit will require that the DFF Library zip file be downloaded to use this fix.
Special characters were dropped without warning but causing misleading length mismatch error messages. Special characters are now dropped but lengths are adjusted and the user is notified that they were dropped. Long License keys are displayed on multiple lines but only the first line was used, when decoding causing an error. Formatting errors when entering field definitions were not well diagnosed. Encoding special characters is still a problem which might be somewhat accommodated by breaking fields containing them into multiple parts. For example 'FirstName' and 'LastName' in stead of a 'Name' field containing both names and an embedded space.
Seldom used letters or letter combinations might be implemented in a future version if they are required. September 18, 2016: Version 2.1 was posted a couple of weeks ago to add the ability to encode and decode the letter M, accidentally omitted from the previous version.
So Mary Doe can now register her software just like Joe could. Version 2.2, posted today, expands data entry by removing the requirement that all defined fields be entered in the same order as they were defined. A subset of defined fields may be entered in any order. Running/Exploring the Program (DFFLibV15 ) or earlier version required to recompile this program.
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Suggestions for Further Explorations Enhance security by interleaving selected fields into the key - for example make the 3 digit 'days remaining' field occupy the 3rd, 5th, and 7th positions of the displayed key, then move this those three characters back to the end of the key before doing the current decryption process. September 18, 2016: Suggestion implemented by defining an EncryptionVersion field as the first field in the License Key. Enhance security and reliability by prefixing or appending a character representing the current processing algorithm version. The programs could then handle changes if the processing of License Keys to accommodate changes without invalidating existing keys. Could extra characters be accepted by replacing an unused character with a desired character, e.g. Q= space character. Created: December 23, 2014 Modified: July 29, 2017 ) Copyright © 2000-2017, Gary Darby All rights reserved.