Sunday, March 7, 2010

Delphi 2011 - Beta Leaks

Your reviewer was amused over "URL links" to download beta version of Delphi, "Fulcrum". Since there will be a supposed public beta-test, maybe this information is irrelevant.

Here are some suggestions to prevent leaks:
a) When making a beta site download link, remember to put a user-specific login/password link to download. Meaning: You make a password protected site to download the stuff, but do not make password-protected links. Make it GEO-IP protected, so the last IP downloaded are known. For example, someone in USA should not be downloading from China. :)

Some clarification:
- There's a login/password to HTTP web pages download links
- There is no login/password to download the Beta files
There should be login/password to download the Beta files.

b) Make people understand they will lose their BETA rights if they blog about it and even get prosecuted if they leak out links.

[Corrections: Clarification added]

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