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Originally Posted by Jupiter
At first you should understand your target and type of protection it uses.
What if:
- your target is not packed
- your target doesn't use serials
- your target doesn't use registration keys
- your target is virtualised
- your target is using remote computations and remote resources
- your target is using distributed nodes and micro-services
- your target is using specific dedicated hardware
- your target is using remote authentication and authorisation
So, it looks like you're targeting only 'classic' desktop applications using classic approaches.
- No packing → no unpacking
- No serials and no keys → no key generation
- Virtualised code → de-virtualisation
- Specific hardware → hardware emulation
- Remote services → replacement services
- etc
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Of course, for this question we assume that all the mentioned ways to crack it like keygen, crack are available and we want to rate which is better or worse...
@blu devil Hardware based protection is sometimes not possible to crack at all, if done correct. So I agree with you.