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Chapter 1 – Introduction
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12 Sentinel Hardware Keys Developer’s Guide
Note: If desired, your Sentinel Key vendors can program Sentinel Keys in bulk for
you. See the option described on page 206.
Convenient Licensing for Your Customers
Sentinel Keys are ultimately deployed on your customer's site to allow
authorized access to your protected applications. The following features
ensure that the licensing process is enforced without being inconvenient:
Easy-to-carry, small, and durable tokens.
Hardware-based licenses unaffected by application crashes/
uninstallations.
Self-guided license installation/updates using the Secure Update
Wizard (for Windows only).
Remote license installation, addition and updates (via e-mail and file).
License tracking and client information using a Web browser-based
monitoring tool. The same tool provides an option to system
administrators for canceling licenses.
Support for widely used TCP/IPv4 along with the next generation
Internet protocol TCP/IPv65 , on Windows, Linux and Macintosh.
XML-based configuration files for network application users and
Sentinel Keys Server.
Support for Different Types of Programming
Environments
Sentinel Hardware Keys offer different interfaces for programming that
enable a quick implementation of your protection strategy.
5.TCP/IPv6 communication (between the application and the hardware key) is supported
only on the same subnet. Please see Question 12 of Chapter 2 to view the list of operating systems
on which SHK supports IPv6.