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Is rengaurd legal?


Because ive heard rengaurd bans through serial keys which serial keys belong to the owner who bought it and if rengaurd were to ban through that doesnt it have to steal the serial key!
Re: Question [message #162896 is a reply to message #162892] Sun, 10 July 2005 06:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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A serial key for a game is simply an ID number that is assigned to that specific copy of that game.

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Re: Question [message #162905 is a reply to message #162892] Sun, 10 July 2005 10:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I KNOW BUT SERIAL KEYS BELONG TO THAT PERSON SO IF RENGAURD BANS THROUGH SERIAL KEYS THAT MUST MEAN IT HAS TO STEAL THE SERIAL KEY TO DO IT.
Re: Question [message #162906 is a reply to message #162905] Sun, 10 July 2005 10:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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theidiot wrote on Sun, 10 July 2005 10:11

I KNOW BUT SERIAL KEYS BELONG TO THAT PERSON SO IF RENGAURD BANS THROUGH SERIAL KEYS THAT MUST MEAN IT HAS TO STEAL THE SERIAL KEY TO DO IT.
Stop yelling, si'down, and shaddap.

Now. . . You asked if RenGuard yanks your Serial Number out from your copy of Renegade. The Answer? No, actually. See, when you punch in a certain Serial Key, it generates a string of numbers that match up with that Serial Key. This string of numbers, otherwise known as an "Encrypted Key", ii what is sent to servers and RenGuard, not your bare-naked Serial Key. Understand now?

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Re: Question [message #162916 is a reply to message #162892] Sun, 10 July 2005 12:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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But if renguard bans you using the encryption, doesn't that mean the same thing? The odifference is they don't know your key, but they still ban you by it.
Re: Question [message #162923 is a reply to message #162892] Sun, 10 July 2005 13:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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well how else do you intend to ban people? ip address can be changed, and using an ip range could ban many people. usernames can be changed also, cd key is the only viable solution.

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Re: Question [message #162929 is a reply to message #162892] Sun, 10 July 2005 14:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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RenGuard sends a hash of your serial to the servers, and a md5 hash cannot be used to get back the orginal serial. Nothing is being stolen.

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Re: Question [message #162970 is a reply to message #162929] Sun, 10 July 2005 22:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mac wrote on Sun, 10 July 2005 14:13

RenGuard sends a hash of your serial to the servers, and a md5 hash cannot be used to get back the orginal serial. Nothing is being stolen.
Thank you. That's what I was trying to explain, and failed to do.
Re: Question [message #163001 is a reply to message #162892] Mon, 11 July 2005 10:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You explained it quite well actually, he's just an idiot Razz

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Re: Question [message #163015 is a reply to message #162892] Mon, 11 July 2005 12:21 Go to previous message
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I don't know if renguard steals your serials. Maybe it does. But then again, what do I know?

But I can definitally say that RenGuard does not transmit your serial code.

theidiot wrote on Sun, 10 July 2005 08:11

Is rengaurd legal?


Because ive heard rengaurd bans through serial keys which serial keys belong to the owner who bought it and if rengaurd were to ban through that doesnt it have to steal the serial key!


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