KMS alternative servers, are they secure?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Khan1981, Sep 24, 2017.

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  1. Myrrh

    Myrrh MDL Expert

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    #21 Myrrh, May 7, 2019
    Harm your pc, doubtful.

    Expose your activity to third parties, that is the risk.

    Activating against a KMS involves the following:
    - send "some amount of information about your system" to the KMS server
    - receive back an activation token or error message

    Other than you not knowing what details are contained in the outgoing request, there's no real danger - unless law enforcement seizes the server, extracts your IP from its logs, and come to get you ;)
     
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  2. whitestar_999

    whitestar_999 MDL Addicted

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    #22 whitestar_999, May 8, 2019
    Why all this,just run your own 5mb kms server app in an android mobile:
    https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/kisskms-2-5-0-android-kms-server-app.72455/
     
  3. Windows_Addict

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  4. Feniksrising

    Feniksrising MDL Member

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    #24 Feniksrising, May 8, 2019
    Microsoft is cool with consumer piracy.
     
  5. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #25 Enthousiast, May 8, 2019
    Yes, but not about running publicly accessible KMS servers, many are hunted down and sued by MSFT.
     
  6. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    #26 Carlos Detweiller, May 9, 2019
    Not required, as it's dead easy to just setup your own.
     
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  7. Hasefroch

    Hasefroch MDL Senior Member

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    #27 Hasefroch, May 10, 2019
    KMS_VL_ALL and problem resolved!
     
  8. shiran shron

    shiran shron MDL Novice

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    #28 shiran shron, Jun 12, 2019
    hi.
    can i use a local (server) emulator by write the command myself? do you know tutorial?
     
  9. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #29 Enthousiast, Jun 12, 2019
    Never used it, i prefer to use KMS_VL_ALL/HWID/KMS38.
     
  10. shiran shron

    shiran shron MDL Novice

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    #30 shiran shron, Jun 13, 2019
    thanks! can you send me link?
     
  11. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #31 Enthousiast, Jun 13, 2019
    KMS_VL_ALL
     
  12. MrChris

    MrChris MDL Addicted

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    #32 MrChris, Jun 13, 2019
    Just out of curiosity, What is the likelihood of something actually happening (legally or otherwise) by using someone else 'alternative kms server' ? And what would actually happen? Jail-time? The alternative kms server blocking your HWID?

    ~MC
     
  13. whitestar_999

    whitestar_999 MDL Addicted

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    #33 whitestar_999, Jun 13, 2019
    For most users,nothing(especially if you are in some developing nation with lax online piracy laws).Still why take chance when you can run your own kms server in a 5mb android app(see my above post).
     
  14. MrChris

    MrChris MDL Addicted

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    #34 MrChris, Jun 13, 2019
    It was somewhat a rhetorical question. I agree running your own is by far the best and or safest and easiest route. I was more or less curious if anyone had any form of legal or otherwise ramifications enforced on them.

    ~MC
     
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