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Why on earth would anyone use symmetric crypto for license keys?

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Probably a misguided attempt to keep less data in the database. The key in the client appears to be a test key - verification is server side.

The test key:

/com/code42/license/LicenseKey.java: private static final byte[] KEY = "Brian in the Conference Room with the Mouse. To be.".getBytes();

I assume this is some inside joke referring to Brian Bispala.

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Probably a misguided attempt to keep less data in the database. The key in the client appears to be a test key - verification is server side.

The test key:

/com/code42/license/LicenseKey.java: private static final byte[] KEY = "Brian in the Conference Room with the Mouse. To be.".getBytes();

I assume this is some inside joke referring to Brian Bispala.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse