March 2017 (2)

2017-03-22

Delphi 10.2 Tokyo Compatibility: DCC64 broken

We are proud to announce compatibility of our mORMot Open Source framework with the latest Delphi 10.2 Tokyo compiler...
At least for Win32.

For Win64, the compiler was stuck at the end of the compilation, burning 100% of one CPU core...

A bit disappointing, isn't it?

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2017-03-18

Application Locking using Asymmetric Encryption

A common feature request for professional software is to prevent abuse of published applications.
For licensing or security reasons, you may be requested to "lock" the execution of programs, maybe tools or services.

Our Open-Souce mORMot framework can leverage Asymmetric Cryptography to ensure that only allowed users could run some executables, optionally with dedicated settings, on a given computer.
It offers the first brick on which you may build your own system upon.

From the User point of view, he/she will transmit a user@host.public file, then receives a corresponding user@host.unlock file, which will unlock the application.
Pretty easy to understand - even if some complex asymmetric encryption is involved behind the scene.

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