Best Protection: ASProtect 2 or Armadillo 4?

[dyn!o]

I'll save your time: they are very similar. Their protection idea is the same. Realization is different, but they are very similar. They are based on nti-xxx features and all anti-xxx feature can be defeated by using anti-anti-xxx, bla bla.

If you are able to crack AsProtect then you are able to crack Armadillo. If you are able to crack Armadillo then you are able to crack AsProtect. The same is to other protectors (excluding XProtector and Starforce protection).

Your software has not been cracked for 10 months? Congratulations, but let me bring you to the ground: Starforce or XProtector are much harder than above mentioned protectors and they (Starforce & XProtector) are being cracked in 1-2 weeks. Your software has not been cracked not because of its protection but its necessity (software necessity).

Don't lose your time wondering what is stronger. I'd suggest to think: "what is more suitable and useful for myself".

Regards.

Thanks dyn!o. I've just gave both of them a try and found that Armadillo is way to overkill in terms of features and final packed size.
ASProtect has the essential features and compresses the exe much much better.

For example, in a 2.8 Mb file:
Armadillo with the best compression: 2.44 Mb
ASPprotect 2, best compression: 0.98 Mb

Since I already have everything developed around ASProtect I'll stick with it and upgrade to version 2.

On a related matter, is the Type III signature size (1024 bits RSA) twice as secure as the Type I (512 bits RSA)? I'm trying to decide if I should lower the protection to keep the registration key as short as possible.

Thanks,
Steven