Serial Number List Best Practice

[jebc]

Could anyone tell me industry best practice for how many serial numbers I should generate in the list when compiling a program? For example should I include 1000 numbers in a product and when I distributed those, compile a new version with another 1000 numbers?

I am looking for the magic number that gives some protection to the program in case a serial number gets shared and distributed illegally but that will also prevent me from having to constantly create a new application with new serial numbers. Thanks.

Jeb C

[Ted Sullivan]

It really depends on how many copies you expect to sell. Your approach sounds pretty good to me. I'd aim to include enough serial numbers that you can provide unique numbers for as many people as you expect to sell to over the next year or two. You can always release a new installer with more serial numbers in the future. The benefit there is that you can remove any stolen serial numbers in that release as well.