http://blog.ixti.ru/?p=343

CRE-PCI-Pro-Disable-Serial-Number-Validation.patch

From 75567145b5472d2760680a1e133e568331a2da8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksey V. Zapparov <...>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:12:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Dirty fix.

- Workaround for serial number validation
- Removed ask for serial number (fixed SN = FREE-AS-IN-FREEDOM)
- Removed annoying ads from top of admin's interface
---
 admin/includes/classes/sss_verify.php |   45 +++++-----------------------
 admin/includes/header.php             |    5 ---
 admin/sss_validate.php                |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/admin/includes/classes/sss_verify.php b/admin/includes/classes/sss_verify.php
index 19149fc..a3857e7 100644
--- a/admin/includes/classes/sss_verify.php
+++ b/admin/includes/classes/sss_verify.php
@@ -248,43 +248,14 @@ echo "</pre>";
     }
     
     function sendToHost($encode = false) {
-      global $url;
-      //$url = 'https://api.creloaded.com/sss/sssAPI.php';
-      $url = 'https://api.creloaded.com/sss/sssAPI.php'; 
-      $port = '443';
-      $method = 'POST';
-      $data = $this->data;
-      // convert characters to proper format for post
-      if ($encode == true) {
-        $data = urlencode($data);
-      }
-      // setup the cURL connection
-      $curl = curl_init();
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-      //curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
-      curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);  
-     // added support for curl proxy
-      if (defined('CURL_PROXY_HOST') && defined('CURL_PROXY_PORT') && CURL_PROXY_HOST != '' && CURL_PROXY_PORT != '') {
-        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL, TRUE);
-        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, CURL_PROXY_HOST . ":" . CURL_PROXY_PORT);
-        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
-      }
-      if (defined('CURL_PROXY_USER') && defined('CURL_PROXY_PASSWORD') && CURL_PROXY_USER != '' && CURL_PROXY_PASSWORD != '') {
-        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, CURL_PROXY_USER . ':' . CURL_PROXY_PASSWORD);
-      }
-      ob_start();
-      curl_exec($curl);
-      $result = ob_get_contents();
-      ob_end_clean(); 
-      if (curl_errno($curl)) {
-        $result = curl_errno($curl) . ' - cURL ' . curl_error($curl);    
-      }
-      curl_close($curl);
-      return $result;
+      return '<Status>'
+             . '<returnCode>Success</returnCode>'
+             . '<ownerName>All Good People</ownerName>'
+             . '<billableName>All Good People</billableName>'
+             . '<validationProduct>' . $this->validationProduct . '</validationProduct>'
+             . '<expirationDate>' . date('Y-m-d', mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 31, date('Y') + 3)) . '</expirationDate>'
+             . '<graceDays>365</graceDays>'
+             . '</Status>';
     } 
   }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/admin/includes/header.php b/admin/includes/header.php
index 8b76d4b..d570088 100644
--- a/admin/includes/header.php
+++ b/admin/includes/header.php
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ function showSearch (section) {
     <td align="left" valign="middle" class="head-content" rowspan="2">
       <a href="<?php echo tep_catalog_href_link();?>" target="_blank"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES . '/' . STORE_LOGO ,STORE_NAME);?></a>
     </td>
-    <td align="right"  valign="top" class="HeaderMessage"><!--Banner Script mods to fix TEXT ONLY ad area for Admin Header  This ad area reserved for Security Alert System - Please DO NOT change! -->
-      <!--Banner Script Start-->
-      <iframe src="messages.php?s=header" frameborder="0"   width="468" height="52" scrolling="No"  allowtransparency="true"></iframe>
-      <!--Banner Script End-->
-     </td>
     <td rowspan="2" align="right" width="76"  valign="middle" class="HeaderMessage"> <?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'pro_badge.png'); ?></td>
   </tr>
   <!--<tr>
diff --git a/admin/sss_validate.php b/admin/sss_validate.php
index ae27991..506aa88 100644
--- a/admin/sss_validate.php
+++ b/admin/sss_validate.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $error_message = ($error == true) ? $_SESSION['validate_error']['error_message']
 $action = (isset($_GET['action']) && ($_GET['action'] != '')) ? $_GET['action'] : ''; 
 $_SESSION['force_registration'] = true;
 $paction = (isset($_POST['action']) && ($_POST['action'] != '')) ? $_POST['action'] : '';
-$serial = (isset($_POST['serial']) && ($_POST['serial'] != '')) ? tep_db_prepare_input($_POST['serial']) : '';
+$serial = tep_db_prepare_input('FREE-AS-IN-FREEDOM');
 if (($paction == 'validate') || $serial && !$error) {
   // check for blank serial
     if ($serial == '') {
-- 
1.7.0

Perfect!