Maintaining Master Keys

Displays whether your Activation Module license is unlimited or issued for a limited time period. This depends on your purchase plan or subscription plan for Sentinel LDK. For more information, consult with your Thales sales representative.

An Activation Module license is required to enable the software activation functionality of Sentinel LDK.

You do not require an Activation Module license if you do not intend to create activation files for Sentinel SL keys.

Each time a new SL key is created for a given machine at a customer site, an SL key is consumed from the New SL Key Pool. This is relevant for both standalone machines and network seats.

To create new SL keys, you may need to purchase a pool of SL keys. (This depends on the nature of your purchase plan or subscription plan for Sentinel LDK.)

When the SL Key Pool is low, you purchase additional SL key (if required by your plan).

Displays the number of Network Seats available for SL keys.

Each time a customer activates your software, the number of concurrent instances that you included in the Product is deducted from the SL Pool of Seats on your Master key.

This module enables users to run your software concurrently in a network environment when your Product is licensed with a Sentinel SL key. When you enter an order for your customer: For each Feature in the Product, you specify whether concurrency is enabled for that Feature, and the number of instances (network seats) that are supported.

Displays the number of days for which this module is available.

The Reporting facility includes both predefined reports and the Custom Reports. Use of predefined reports does not require a specific license. However, use of the Custom Reports facility requires the Reporting Module license.

This license is typically issued for a specific amount of time. The ability to define, generate and view custom reports is included in the Sentinel License Development Kit – Demo and Starter. Vendors who are experimenting with Sentinel LDK can learn first-hand about the Custom Reports facility.

An Unlocked Trialware Product is a Product with an unlocked license that can be used for a period of up to 90 days before the license expires. To continue using the Product, the user must purchase a production license. You can define the Unlocked Trialware Product so that the Product can be used either up to an absolute expiration date or for the defined number of days starting from the date of first use.

To define Unlocked Trialware Products, you must purchase the Unlocked Trialware module for the Master key.

The ability to create and distribute Trialware Products is included in the Sentinel LDK – Demo and Starter packs. Vendors who want to experiment with Sentinel LDK can learn first-hand about Unlocked Trialware Products.

NOTE   When packaging a Run-time Environment installer with a V2C file for one or more Unlocked Products in Sentinel LDK-EMS, you cannot include a Product that only has the locking type SL-UserMode.

The Unlocked license is for vendors who want to use Sentinel LDK to protect their applications against reverse engineering (by using Sentinel LDK Envelope) but do not require a traditional locked license.

An Unlocked license is similar to an Unlocked Trialware license. A protected application with an Unlocked license can be installed and operated on any computer. However, an Unlocked license can grant a perpetual license or a license for any length of time (with no 90 day restriction).

To generate Unlocked licenses, you must purchase the Unlocked License module for the Master key.

NOTE   If you purchase this module, you can also create and distribute Unlocked Trialware Products without the need to purchase the Unlocked Trialware module.

Displays the number of days for which this module is available.

V-Clock is a virtual clock that is available in Sentinel SL keys and in all Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) keys except for Sentinel HL Basic keys. V-Clock is for vendors who want to use time-based licenses to protect their applications but do not want to provide a Sentinel HL Time key or Sentinel HL NetTime key. (These keys contain a real-time clock.)

The use of V-Clock with Sentinel SL keys and most Sentinel HL keys does not require a special license. However, to generate time-based licenses that depend on V-Clock in Sentinel HL Pro keys, you must purchase the V-Clock module for the Master key.

Displays the number of Network Seats available for concurrency-enabled Sentinel HL keys.

Each time you burn or update an HL key for a Product with concurrency, the number of network seats that you add to the key is deducted from the HL Pool of Seats on your Master key.

This module is required to enable users to run your software concurrently in a network environment when your Product is licensed with a concurrency-enabled Sentinel HL key. (Network seats from your Master key are not required when your Product is licensed with a Sentinel HL Net or NetTime key.) When you enter an order for your customer: For each Feature in the Product, you specify whether concurrency is enabled for that Feature, and the number of instances (network seats) that are supported.