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Chapter 2 – Sentinel Hardware Keys SDK Components
Contents Glossary Index Troubleshooting
Deployer: An individual responsible for protecting applications at
the customer’s site using a Custom CodeCover Key and Command-
Line CodeCover Utility provided by a Developer.
The table below provides a summary of hardware keys that are included in
Sentinel Keys SDK.
Summary of the Sentinel Hardware Keys
Component Description
Developer Key The hardware key that must be attached to the system where the Toolkit is
running.
Distributor Key The hardware key that must be attached to the system where the stand-alone
License Manager application is running (typically meant for the distributors).
Sentinel Key The hardware key that is programmed with the application protection
strategy (by a developer or distributor) and shipped to the customers. A
customer cannot use the protected application without it. Sentinel Key is
available for both the stand-alone and network environments (and is
referred hereafter as stand-alone key and network key, respectively).
Following table provides summary of each of the Sentinel Keys SDK
component.
Summary of the Sentinel Keys SDK Components
Component Description
Sentinel Keys
Server
Sentinel
System Driver
Sentinel Keys
Toolkit
Command-Line
CodeCover
Utility
Key
Programming
APIs
A program that manages the Sentinel Keys license information in a network.
The device driver for all the USB tokens included in the SDK.
A Java application used by the developer for preparing the application
protection strategy and performing related activities.
A console-based program that protects executables, DLLs, and BPLs using the
CodeCover method via command-line. Please refer to the Command-Line
CodeCover Utility ReadMe, for more information.
Set of API functions used for programming Sentinel Hardware Keys, and
creating update packets. Please refer to the Key Programming API Help, for
more information.
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