# Has there ever been a piece of software that couldn't be cracked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-piece-of-software-that-couldnt-be-cracked/460905 "2008-08-22T05:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-piece-of-software-that-couldnt-be-cracked/460905/41 "2008-08-24T18:15:46Z")
Stathol, that was very interesting. Gaffa, that’s cool too. I guess that was before the DMCA. ---
**Author:** ![ntcrawler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-piece-of-software-that-couldnt-be-cracked/460905/42 "2008-08-25T05:13:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Hm, well I’d personally guess that the IBM 4758 is pretty well unbreakable unless you’re the NSA and have a few years. > **[Rüttelplatten Baublog](http://www.rpow.net)** > > Rütteln, Verdichten, Befestigen [/QUOTE] [Or access to the right web page](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/descrack/) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Navy\_Brett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@Navy\_Brett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navy_Brett)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-piece-of-software-that-couldnt-be-cracked/460905/43 "2008-08-25T19:32:37Z")
For a while, the 2009 Skyline GTR’s ECU was pretty uncrackable, but that ship has sailed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-piece-of-software-that-couldnt-be-cracked/460905.md?page=2)