Sentinel LDK Envelope for Linux Applications

Sentinel LDK Envelope protection can be implemented for Linux executables and shared objects using a command-line utility.

The Sentinel LDK Envelope command-line utility runs on a Linux Intel platform. However, it can be used to protect both Linux Intel and Linux ARM applications.

For a complete description of the Sentinel LDK Envelope command-line utility, see the Sentinel LDK Envelope for Linux. This guide can be found under \Linux\Docs\Manuals & Tutorials\ where Sentinel LDK files for Linux are installed.

When you use Sentinel LDK Envelope to protect a Linux application, Envelope adds the capability to access data from protected data files. The customer must possess a license for the appropriate Feature in order to access the protected data files.

NOTE   A protected Linux application cannot modify data in a protected data file.

You can pre-encrypt and assign licensing parameters to data files that you will deliver together with the protected application. The following utilities can be used for this purpose:

> Sentinel LDK Data Protection utility (under Windows)

>dfcrypt utility (under Linux or Windows)

For Linux applications, only the Version 2 mode of data file protection is supported. For a complete description of the available data protection options, see Protecting Data Files.