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6 Protection in a local network
When several computers are connected in a local network, the network software can be protected in one of the
following ways:
• Fit a standalone protective dongle (FX, PR, EP, SP, XM) on each of the computers enabled to execute the
program. In this case, there is no need for any modification of the software, which is already protected for the
standalone mode.
•
Fit only one NET type protective dongle with the relevant SmartKey server software.
SmartKey NET is an extension of the SP model. It has all the latter's main characteristics, and some additional
characteristics, enabling protection by using a
single dongle
installed on any computer on the network or on a non-
dedicated server.
The software supplied with the dongle enables each computer on the network to interrogate the only SmartKey NET
dongle. There is, therefore, no need to use as many dongles as the number of work stations on the network.
With the proprietary
Map
technology – Multi Application Protection, SmartKey NET also:
• Protects
several different programs
operating on a network (up to 116),
• Restricts, for each protected program,
the maximum number of users
who may simultaneously use the
program, in order to keep the use licenses under control. For example, PROG1 can be enabled for 12 licenses,
PROG2 for 27, PROG3 for an unlimited number of licenses, etc…
•
Restricts the
number of executions
of each of the protected programs. This can be useful if you wish to create
demo versions of the software or if you want to adopt a software hire policy, allowing the user a set number of
executions.
6.1 Automatic protection on a local network
In addition to protecting programs operating in standalone mode, GSS can also protect networked programs.
Use of the protected program is absolutely transparent to the end-user. The latter may use both a local dongle and a
network dongle: GSS initially searches the dongle on the local ports and, if the search fails, it continues by attempting to
communicate with a network dongle.
6.2 Manual protection on a local network
The great popularity of local networks calls of a simple, intuitive approach for interfacing toward the dongle. SmartKey
makes use of Multilan technology, which enables software developers to protect programs with a single driver
independent of the operating environment, in either standalone or network mode.
• MultiLan is a single driver, for both standalone and networked programs
• MultiLan automatically identifies the type of network.
The end-user just has to install SmartKey NET dongle on the server in the case of a Novell network or on any Client PC,
if the network is not Novell. If the program is locally executed, the driver automatically searches for the dongle
(SmartKey FX, PR, EP, SP, XM) on the parallel port of the local PC.
6.3 Protecting several programs with SmartKey
In the Lan environment, one SmartKey NET only need be used to protect several software programs. The technology
used is named
Map
–
Multi Application Protection
and makes it possible to:
• Protect more than one program in a standalone environment or on a network. In the case of a local network,
one can also define a different number of enabled licenses for each protected program.
• Limit the number of executions of each of the protected programs. This can be useful if you have to create
demo versions of the software or adopt a software hire policy. When the number of executions preset on the
counter (reduced at every program start) expire, the program is not allowed to start any more.