Personalized Vendor and Batch Codes

When you purchase a Sentinel LDK Starter Kit from Thales, you are provided with Developer keys that contain unique Vendor Codes that are specific to your company. The Vendor Codes are used by Sentinel LDK to communicate with your Sentinel protection keys, and to differentiate your keys from those of other software vendors.

Vendor Code

The Vendor Code is a unique code that is assigned to you by Thales when you place your first order for Sentinel protection keys. It is integrated into your Developer keys. At the time you introduce one of your Developer keys to Sentinel LDK, the Vendor Code is extracted from the Vendor key and copied to your machine. When you protect an application using Sentinel LDK Vendor Tools on your machine, the Vendor Code is included in the protected application. This enables the application to communicate with your customers' Sentinel protection key.

Batch Code

A Batch Code consists of five characters that represent your company’s unique Vendor Code. When you order Sentinel protection keys from Thales, you specify your Batch Code, which is then written to the keys before dispatch. To easily identify the Batch Code to which a Sentinel HL key belongs, the Batch Code is written on the outside of each key.