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phenoProtect Reverse Engineering (Technical Paper)

Hi all,
It has been a while since I released a DRM reverse engineering technical paper.
This time I analyzed phenProtect. It isn't a good protection scheme, but at least it is different from the others. Plus this is a perfect sample for newbie reversers.

English: https://www.lucadamico.dev/papers/drms/phenoprotect/CarreraGrandPrix.pdf
Italian: https://www.lucadamico.dev/papers/drms/phenoprotect/CarreraGrandPrix_ITA.pdf

As usual, you need the original game disc.
Enjoy :)

*IF YOU KNOW MORE GAMES PROTECTED BY phenoProtect PLEASE LET ME KNOW*
 
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FYI: another game protected by (a newer version of) phenoProtect is Zanzarah – Das verborgene Portal (German version).

It was a bit more difficult to patch because it uses .ins script instead of .inx, but still very easy when compared to other DRMs of that time.
 
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Sounds good.
You found a second example!

Will try to get it. I guess the CD isn't any more difficult to copy on physical CD-R.
 

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