Java hardware/ software key protection
Hello everybody, i'm looking for something to protect java applications. Hardware ( usb key ) or software ??? DO you know the best way to do it ? Thank you. -- Laurent Renard
Hello everybody,
i'm looking for something to protect java applications. Hardware ( usb key ) or software ??? By "protect" do you mean licensing the software. I use Moneydance, which is licensed software, and they use a software
On Friday 22 April 2005 3:41 am, Laurent Renard wrote:
license key. It used to be distributed as a .jar file with an embedded md5
key. One rather simple way of doing it is to sell a key value to your
customers. The key itself is algorithmically checked, like an account
number so that it is difficult to guess. Microsoft used to do this where
their product keys. Another possible way is to allow users to use some
limited version of the product. When a user pays for it, you send the user
a full version and a key to unlock it. That key would only work with the
version you give to that customer.
Then there is the hardware based key where the hardware key must be inserted
into the computer to enable the product use. There are a number of
companies that sell this technology.
Another possibility is the use of license servers, like FLEXlm.
--- Philosophy ---
In general, those of us in the OpenSource world tend to prefer models other
than the closed type of license, but there are many excellent proprietary
products available. Linus Torvalds once said in a talk to my user group
that he preferred the OS to be free, but also felt that some applications
should be commercial. Over the years, I have found that some of the best
software has been OpenSource.
--
Jerry Feldman
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