RE: Third party software

Downside?  How about if every application required one?  You'd need a
desk 3 or 4 feet deeper to hold them all.  Imagine this huge chain of
dongles piggy backed one into the next. :)

If you've got a laptop, you'd have more stuff to carry and lose. And I'd
imaging there'd be some small additional power drain, reducing battery
life. 

Also, what happens when parallel ports fall out of favor as they are
currently doing?  As they disappear from PCs, the dongles will have to
be replaced by USB or other dongles.  Let's hope your software vendor is
still in business & doesn't gouge on the trade-in.

As much as I despise product activation schemes on PCs, I prefer PA to
dongles.

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787  F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Shields, Ken [mailto:kenshields@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:01 AM
To: Midrange Mailing LIst (E-mail)
Subject: Third party software

        I was at a customer site yesterday, and some of the applications
on the users' pc have a 'dongle' attached to 
        an LPT1 port, the function of which, prevents the software load
if , it does not detect the 'dongle' switch.

        How widely used is this methodology?, any down side?...


Thanks'

Ken Shields
PPG Canada Inc
155 First Ave.
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7L3
PH:      905 725 1144 (326) 
FAX:    905 433 8712  


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