[asterisk-biz] Copy protect your Asterisk Box

[Paul]

See my post saying I was joking. Anyway, a battery or supercap takes
care of that. It doesn't take long to erase something as short a a key
pair. Another approach is to trigger some thermite and let the heat do
the job. Or maybe the EMP from a nuclear explosion .....

C F wrote:

> Realy???????????
> How about cutting the power to the "thick steel case that is welded
> shut" so that the added "switches to detect case intrusion and
> immediately erase the flash device that store the crypto keys" just
> fail??????????????????
>
> On 12/21/06, Paul <ast2005 at 9ux.com> wrote:
>
>> Use an encrypted file system. Store the crypto key in a flash memory
>> device. Enclose everything in a thick steel case that is welded shut.
>> Add some switches to detect case intrusion and immediately erase the
>> flash device that stores the crypto keys.
>>
>> C F wrote:
>>
>> > While you at it, also make sure that whenever you are by a client,
>> > modify their hosts file to redirect asterisk.org, digium.com, and
>> > voip-info.org to your own website.
>> >
>> > What makes you think that they can't go to the above websites after
>> > you copy protect your box?
>> >
>> > And BTW, even after copy protecting, how hard is it to clone an
>> > offline HDD?
>> >
>> > On 12/21/06, Stephen Arulraj <sa at solomonstar.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Anybody has any idea how to protect your Linux box with a perfectly
>> >> running asterisk in it? I live in China and when I put together
>> one and
>> >> sell it, it's likely to get copied by someone else and soon you see
>> >> clones appearing all over. How about a dongle of somesort?
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