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henry_flower ([personal profile] henry_flower) wrote2019-03-11 04:43 pm

Іх нрави

Життя інфосеку. Стара гішторія, але я не чув.

Ed Weissman:

'Somebody sort of casually pirated a copy of IDA Pro back in the mid-2000s (IIRC, he shared his copy on a public server). The IDA people (DataRescue, at the time, but from what I recall the page survived the move to Hex-Rays) found out, banned him from using IDA, and then put a page on their website threatening to rescind IDA licenses from any company that employed him.'

Я спочатку подумав, що то є якась байка, але потім знайшов оту сторінку через WM (2006-10):

'The direct damage we suffered from Andre Protas' actions is staggering. It is not even remotely possible that Andre Protas could compensate it, should we decide to file a complaint against him. We have therefore elected Andre Protas to our "IDA Pro's Hall of Shame". Before hiring Protas, we ask you to consider the following

  • Andre Protas claims to be a white-hat. His personal web site was however hosting a pirate copy of our software.

  • Andre Protas claims to be an IT Security Expert. His web site lacked even an index page.

  • We will never deliver a new license for our products to any company or organization employing Andre Protas. If a company both employs Protas and uses IDA Pro 5+, that company is breaking our license agreement.'

Чума!

Найсмішніше є те, що такий бан не заважає Andre Protas'у спокійно працювати ув Apple як "Senior Vulnerability Research Engineer".

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[personal profile] waqur 2019-03-11 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
да, автор этой IDA Pro известный параноик (кстати, россиянин, живущий в Бельгии)

помимо того, что прога стоит бешеных денег, её можно зарегистрировать только на юр.лицо, которое должно пройти какую-то проверку (!) с их стороны

в общем, все качают в торрентах и не заморачиваются
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[personal profile] archie_kot 2019-03-11 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
А у них есть конкуренты?
Впрочем, при доступности на торрентах это неудивительно.