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Chapter 5 – Protecting Applications Using API
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4. Select ECC from the list of API features.
5. Choose the desired attributes. Depending on which the other options
will be disabled/enabled. The attributes are described below:
Attributes
Attribute Description Default Setting
Active When only this check box is selected
the feature can be used for:
Data signing and verification
Providing a perpetual license for
using the application.
When Lease and/or Limit executions
check box(es) are also selected, the
feature can be used for:
Data signing and verification
Providing a time-limited or executions-limited
license for using the
application.
ECC-based
signing
Select to sign digital content using the
ECC algorithm. You need to call
SFNTSign API function in your code.
Refer to the Business Layer API Help
for details on the function.
Lease Select to allow specifying an
expiration date or expiration time for
the application. Else, the application
will use a perpetual license.
Limit
executions
Select to allow specifying the number
of times the protected application will
run for.
Selected
Selected
Not selected
Not selected
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