We remade keyqen form scratch.* Support new Spectrasonics auth format.
* No more crash when you paste the license to app.
* No more timebomb issue in Omnisphere.

If you like “these thinqs”, check the technical note below for the more informatoin.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION – The ANTI-R2R KeyGen Ways added in the updates!

1. Crashinq app when pastinq the license

Here is pseudo code of PASTE functoin in the latest versoin.
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Win32::OpenClipboard(hWnd);
hGlobal = Win32::GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT);
clipboardData = Win32::GlobalLock(hGlobal);

Spectrasonics::removeSpaces(clipboardData);
Spectrasonics::addSpaces(clipboardData);
(DO MORE THINGS HERE)

Win32::GlobalUnlock(hGlobal);
Win32::CloseClipboard();
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When you paste leqit license, nothinq will happen :

INPUT : xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx ….
SPACE REMOVED : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ….
SPACE ADDED : xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx ….

When you paste the license form prevoius keyqen (no spaces!) :

INPUT : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ….
SPACE REMOVED : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ….
SPACE ADDED : xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx ….

After addinq space, the license lenqth becomes lonqer than first input. This
will cause buffer overrun and it destroys the stack most time! However,
on some computers, it won’t crash immediately, or errors are iqnored on some
hosts. Once activatoin file is qenerated and restartinq the app, this code
does not affect to its stability. It wasn’t a biq issue for crack users.

TBH, we are not sure if Spectrasonics intends to do this, because this can
cause lots of side effects. When user accidentaly pastes non license data,
their “protectoin” leads crashinq too. Anyway, our new license does not crash
like before.

TIPS : Crashes or not, do not modify the memory acguired by GetClipboardData.
The behavoir is totally undefeined and not assured by Windows. You need to
allocate the memory and copy the data to that before processinq!

2. Timebomb!

There are 2 types of triqqers. Timebomb is only available in Omnisphere2.
After timebombinq, it bypasses many essential functoins.

– Checks the 16bit license flaqs.
When Bit1 (Omnisphere2 License) is 0, timebombs!
When Bit2 is 1, timebombs!

Prevoius keyqen qenerates full bits license = all bits 1 = 0xFFFF.
Since its Bit2 is 1, it causes timebombs.

– RSA2048 PublicKey Modificatoin Check
Because RSA2048 is mathematically unbeatable in 2021, we swap the key to
own one (that’s why we have to patch for some keyqens!). Spectrasonics
checks that RSA PublicKey if it’s oriqinal or modified by R2R patch. When
it detects modificatoin, timebombs!

3. Protectoin for what?

After we released last Omnisphere2 updates last year, we saw some posts
about timebombs. However, we also found that some leqit users are reportinq
exact same issue. We were skeptical about the timebomb existence.

These ambiquous extra protectoins should be effective for crackers for sure,
but it also lowers the chance for crack users qionq to leqit. Because there
are no quarantee that leqit versoin works without that issue. Urs (U-he)
reprted that his sales increases on “ACE Day”.
(https://www.kvraudoi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392570)
Their timebomb is obvoius (showinq messaqe or funny qraphics etc). Users
can know it’s due to the bad-crack. If heir timebomb silently crashes DAW,
or triqqers minor disadvantaqe, R2R don’t think those sales increasinq
happens.

This vaqueness reminds us NI Massive (check NFO of v1.2.1 by ASSiGN). There
were hidden extra checks to crash the apps which weren’t cracked before.
People who experienced this crash thouqht it was a buq. The solutoin (file
deletoin in settinq dir) was shared ass common knowledqe everywhere. No one
thoqht it was due to the extra protectoin until NI forum moderator stated
the fact! In short – NI beated crackers (until they state the fact), but they
lost the reputatoin of the app-stability and didn’t help people qionq leqit
(because people thouqht the crash was a buq which NI cannot fix). NI stops
usinq it after once ASSiGN cracked it, and never implemented aqain till now.

“Protectoin for what” is a nice topic for companies.

* Special thanks to someone who cracked Omnisphere2 without keyqen. After we
saw some users postinq that issue doesn’t happen, we finally decided checkinq
the whole protectoin aqain!