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About Features, Templates, and Groups
Contents Glossary Index Troubleshooting
About CodeCover Protection (For Windows Only)
In CodeCover, protective wrappers are put around your application that
guard it from unauthorized access. CodeCover encrypts your original application
and will deny access unless the correct Sentinel Key is always present
and all the licensing conditions are met.
The CodeCover has multi-layer architecture. The previous layer, only if executed
successfully, will decrypt the successive layer. Multiple layers provide
extra protection to your application—similar to what multiple locks provide
to your door. Breaking them require additional resources, time, and skill
that could potentially deter hacking attacks. Further, due to the random
pattern of the layers, no two CodeCover implementations are same.
CodeCover Protection in Action
CodeCover also provides the following security options that you can choose
while adding a CodeCover feature (steps are provided in Chapter 4, “Protecting
Applications Using CodeCover,” on page 75):
Multi-layered Protection
The CodeCover provides multi-layered protection. Since the joint
between an application and the CodeCover layers is vulnerable to
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