Glossary

	Account	Created for a customer's end user, an account represents a set of cloud licensing permissions that grant authorization rights to access protected applications. Accounts are an integral part of cloud licensing (also known as CL). See also: Accounts

	Activation	Refers to the generation of a license code or file for a product or product suite*.

	Activation ID (AID)	Refers to the unique identifier for an activation.

	Admin	Refers to the default user in Sentinel EMS. The Admin is a super user (with all permissions in Sentinel EMS) and can managing access rights of other users. His primary responsibilities are managing users, roles, namespaces, custom reports, templates, and file import.

	Allow Grace	The grace time period allows running the network application for a limited period (days/hours) even when the network is not accessible. It provides the convenience of using the application under unprepared circumstances, such as enterprise network break-down or when users are at home.

	Allow VM detection	Specifies if the license tokens will be issued if the License Manager is found running on a virtual machine.

	Auto-checkout	Refers to the Repository license model of Sentinel RMS, which has the following characteristics: >Network license: Concurrent user licenses or "floating" licenses for users in a network. Anyone on the network can use the application. The number of users can be up to the limit specified in the license file. >Automatically commutable: Means that the licensed application can run on the local system even beyond network because it can be automatically commuted (without requiring a formal checking out process).
	Authentication profile	Associated with webhooks to control how client applications are authenticated.

	Batch Code Also known as Namespace	In Sentinel EMS, a Sentinel LDK batch code is known as a namespace. A batch code (or namespace) represents your company's unique vendor code. When you order Sentinel protection keys from Thales, you specify your batch code, which is both written to the keys before dispatch and printed on the outside of each Sentinel HL key. Your company can have one or more batch codes. The batch code for Sentinel protection keys with a demo vendor code is DEMOMA.

	Batch Entitlement or “in batch”	Refers to the generation of multiple entitlements at one go. Batch entitlements enable software vendors to create large batches of products so that the entitlement IDs can be printed right on the box and sold through various channels without knowing the end user.

	Batch ID	Refers to the unique identifier corresponding to multiple entitlements generated in a batch.

	Billing address	Billing address is the address registered on your credit card. In simple words, it is the address where you receive the statements for your credit card. For your order to be approved when shopping online, the billing address provided by you has to match this address.

	C2V file	Customer-to-Vendor file. A file that is sent by the customer to the vendor prior to activating a product. The file may contain data about the customer's computer for identification purposes and/or license information. C2V files do not contain private customer information and can safely be sent by email.

	Catalog	Refers to the namespaces, features, license models, products, and product suites* available in a Sentinel EMS deployment.

	Catalog Permissions	Permissions for viewing, editing, adding, and deleting features, products, and product suites* in a namespace. You can define catalog permissions in roles.

	Challenge Response Secrets	Challenge-response mechanism is a technique used by the vendor for authenticating Sentinel RMS License Manager so that imposter license managers do not intercept and handle client communication. The challenge strings (secrets) defined are encrypted within the license code, with only the License Manager knowing how to decrypt them. The License Manager will then compute an authentication response when challenged by a client to confirm its identity. Up to seven secret text strings can be specified, each up to twelve characters long. "!" and "$" are reserved characters and cannot be used with secret text. "#" is a comment character and any text appearing after this symbol will be ignored.

	Channel Partner	Refers to an organization that is allowed to re-sell the software vendors products. End users can buy directly from software vendors or from the channel partners.

	Channel Partner User	Refers to an individual user who belongs to a channel partner. Such users can manage the entitlements associated with their channel partner.

	Cloud Licensing Permissions	Refer to the permissions that enable a customer's end users to access protected applications on CL keys. Relevant only for service-hosted cloud licensing on a Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. See also: > Cloud Licensing Permissions >Accounts

	Cloud Licensing Server	Refers to the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server that manages CL keys. See also: Accounts

	Commit Entitlement	After an entitlement is created and every Line Item is configured, the entitlement can be committed. Committing an entitlement freezes the entitlement from further changes, and emails a copy of the entitlement certificate (if so configured) to the end user (if specified).

	Commuter	A Sentinel RMS license model. Useful when a user needs to travel and wants to take along the licensed application. A network license can be used as a commuter license. Commuter licenses differ from Auto-checkout, because commuter licenses must always be manually checked out from the network before use.

	Complete state	In this state, a product or product suite* cannot be edited and is ready to be included in an entitlement.
	Compliance	Refers to conforming the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement (EULA).

	Contact	Refers to an individual who is the single point of contact for an entitlement. For retail customers, it is suitable to create contacts and generate entitlements for them. All the emails related to the entitlement are sent to the e-mail address specified for the contact. A contact may or may not belong to a customer.

	Copy Product / Product Suite / Entitlement	A new product, product suite*, or entitlement can be created by editing a copy of an existing item.

	Custom Attribute	Refers to the custom attributes that can be created under the Template menu.

	Custom Reports	Help the software vendor to generate customized reports (in addition to the predefined reports).

	Customer	Refers to the organization that owns an entitlement. A customer can have multiple contacts.

	Deployed	A product or product suite* (and the features it contains) is defined as Deployed if it was added to any entitlement. A deployed product, product suite*, or feature cannot be deleted.

	Deployment Mode (Previously known as Deployment Type)	Specifies whether your licensed application will be hosted on the cloud or will be installed locally, as well as other deployment criteria. For information, see the section on deployment modes in Sentinel RMS Developer Guide.

	Draft state (for an entitlement)	When an entitlement is first created, it remains in draft state. In this state the entitlement can be edited and each Line Item can be configured. Draft entitlements cannot be viewed or activated by the end user or channel partner.

	Draft state (for a product or product suite*)	When a product or product suite* is first created, it remains in draft state. In this state, the item can be edited and is not yet available for entitlements.

	Electronic Software Delivery (ESD)	Delivering software packages and updates via the Internet as opposed to the shipping of physical media such as CDs, DVDs, and flash drives.

	End Date (for an entitlement line item)	The date after which no operations, such as login by product key, activation, or revocation, are allowed on an entitlement Line Item. NOTE* As one line item can have multiple licenses for multiple features, specifying a license end date different from the line item end date helps in addressing different end dates for multiple features.

	End Date (for an entitlement)	The date after which operations, such as login by EID, activation, or revocation*, are not allowed on an entitlement.

	End User	Refers to the ultimate user of the products and product suites*. Also referred to as “contact.”

	End-of-Life or EOL state	When a product is no longer in use, its state can be changed to End of Life (EOL). In this state the product or product suite* will no longer be available for new entitlements. However, the item remains in the system for pre-existing entitlements.

	Enforce Clock Tampered	Software licensing may break down if the customer sets back the system time inadvertently, such as, to prevent the license expiration. This term is provided as a check box option in the Sentinel EMS portal. Selecting or clearing this check box specifies if the software vendor wants to deny or allow the use of the licensed application in case of system clock tampering.
	Enforce License Additive	An additive license code appends changes to an existing additive license. Whereas, an exclusive license code completely replaces the old license with a new license.
	Enforce License Exclusive

	Enforcement	The licensing technology that controls and secures the software vendor's application, such as Sentinel RMS and Sentinel LDKSentinel Fit.

	Entitlement	Refers to the rights of an end user to use a software package. An entitlement includes information such as who can use it and for what duration. An end user can activate an entitlement to generate a license to use the software conforming to the defined terms.

	Entitlement Lifecycle	Refers to the series of changes in the state of an entitlement, from creation and activation through upgrading, renewing, and revoking.

	Feature	A feature is a distinct functionality of a software application that can be independently licensed. Features are the basic building blocks of a product.

	Fulfillment	The complete process through which the customer gets the product and license.

	Global Permissions	Refers to the general permissions in Sentinel EMS such as view, edit, add, delete. These permissions define the rights to use various functionalities in Sentinel EMS.

	Identity Code	A unique, read-only, 7-character string. An identity code is part of the full identity string that specifies the client identity for the account as defined in the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server database. Used with an account. See also: Accounts

	Identity Link / Identity String	An identity link contains the identity string that identifies an end user that accesses licenses for protected applications from the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. An end user installs the identity string on the client machine by clicking the identity link supplied by the customer. This enables the machine to communicate with the license manager server. Example of identity string: FFSTQYU:oBWAAQCBEFPxvWKzIBicixs/v0rerEA@licenseserver.example.com Example of identity link: https://cloudportal.example.com/_int_/install.html?identity=FFSTQYU:oBWAAQCBEFPxvWKzIBicixs/v0rerEA@licenseserver.example.com See also: Accounts

	Key Lifetime Minutes	After an application obtains a license, it also faces the task of maintaining the license. A license must be renewed by the application on a regular schedule or the license will be reclaimed (keeping it booked so that new clients do not obtain it). This is managed by sending an update call to the license server that issued the license. So, lifetime in minutes refers to the time interval specified for the license (key) to send updates to the license server.

	License	A file or string generated by the software vendor that contains the conditions under which the software can run on the customer’s machine. License is the final outcome of an entitlement.

	License Duration	The fixed calendar dates beyond which the licensed application cannot be used.

	License Generators	Refers to the software that generates license codes or files that are distributed by Sentinel EMS. Sentinel EMS is fully integrated with the Sentinel RMS license generator and also supports third-party license generators.

	License Model	A license model is a combination of various parameters that define the type of license to be generated. License models define a broad category of licenses that can be further customized by editing their attribute values. License models can be included with features.

	License Version	A license version is always associated with Sentinel RMS licenses. It maps to the SDK version in which the license was introduced. If a new feature or license property is introduced in the SDK, then the license version will be upgraded as the new feature would not be available with the earlier SDKs. For example, grace licenses were introduced in SDK v8.0.x and cannot be generated with the previous version RMS SDKs.

	Line Item	Each product or product suite* included in an entitlement is known as a line item. Various business operations, such as activation, revocation*, re-charging, and renewal, are performed on line items.

	Lock Code / Locking Code / Fingerprints	Refers to the actual output string (in hex format) resulting from locking to the system properties.

	Locking Fingerprinting	Refers to binding a license to particular system properties, such as, hard drive, IP address, and CPU properties.

	Memory file	A memory file is a data file that is used for storing strings in a Sentinel key. Usage examples might include migrating existing license data to Sentinel EMS, storing homegrown license data, or usage counters.

	Namespace (for all enforcements except for Sentinel LDK )	A namespace acts as a logical partition for your Sentinel EMS workspace, providing unique storage locations within Sentinel EMS. If you have multiple product lines, you can maintain different namespaces for them. The features, products, and product suites* defined in a namespace are available only to those users who have permissions for that namespace. Users with roles that have entitlement-related permissions (such as order takers) can access these items from all namespaces.

	Namespace (for Sentinel LDK) Also known as Batch Code	A Sentinel EMS namespace is known as a batch code in Sentinel LDK. A namespace (batch code) represents your company's unique vendor code. When you order Sentinel protection keys from Thales, you specify your namespace, which is both written to the keys before dispatch and printed on the outside of each Sentinel HL key. Your company can have one or more namespaces. The namespace for Sentinel protection keys with a demo vendor code is DEMOMA. In Sentinel EMS, a namespace also acts as a workspace, differentiating between separate storage locations, similar to those that are designated for use with Sentinel RMS. If you have multiple namespaces, the features, memory files, and products in each namespace are available only to those users who have permissions for that namespace. Users with roles that have entitlement-related permissions (such as order takers) can access these items from all namespaces.

	Network	A type of license (in contrast with a standalone license). Described above in Auto-checkout.

	Network User Limit	The maximum number of users a network license can support concurrently.

	Node Locked	Described below (see Trial Standalone Node Locked).

	Output Type	Refers to the format of generated RMS licenses, such as, encrypted and readable.

	Permissions	Permissions define different levels of access to use various functionalities of Sentinel EMS. Permissions are not assigned to users directly, but are grouped into roles, and users can be assigned roles. See also: Role

	Primary Criteria and Secondary Criteria	For server-locked licenses, you can specify two sets of locking criteria known as primary and secondary locking criteria. The licensed application will run if any of the locking criteria is matched.

	Private Vendor Info	See Vendor Info below.

	Product	A product is a software application that can be ordered or licensed. It is a combination of individual features and is associated with one or more license models.

	Product Family	Group of products derived from a common product platform. These goods or services use similar or same production processes, have similar physical characteristics, and may share customer segments, distribution channels, pricing methods, promotional campaigns, and other elements of the marketing mix. Products comprising a family are usually priced and discounted as a package. Several product families make up a product portfolio.
	Product Key	A unique string that identifies a Line Item in an entitlement. Product keys can be used to log in and activate the relevant line item. Every product key is unique across entitlements.

	Product Suite	A product suite* is a combination of products that are meant to be sold together. The products included in a product suite* may be functionally similar or complementary. A product suite* can include one or more products from its parent namespace.

	Public Vendor Info	See Vendor Info.

	Publisher	Refers to the organization who may be a or a hardware manufacturer, who wants to protect his products using software license or hardware key and manage entitlements for them.

	Quantity	Each product or product suite* is added to an entitlement with a Quantity. > For Standalone Sentinel RMS licenses, quantity always refers to Number of Activations. For each feature the order taker can specify a User limit. > For Network Sentinel RMS licenses, you may specify whether Quantity refers to Number of Activations or Seat Count (maximum concurrent users). For Network licenses: > If Quantity is used as Number of Activations, for each feature the order taker can specify user limit (number of seats). During activation, the feature will have fixed Seat Count as defined by the order taker. > If Quantity is used as Seat Count, the order taker is not required to specify a different seat count for each feature. During activation the end user needs to specify activation quantity, which is used as Seat Count for each feature.

	Registered Machine	A client device that accesses licenses for protected applications from the Thales service-hosted, cloud license manager server. Used with an account. See also: Accounts

	Regular Expression	A regular expression can be specified for an attribute in a template to define some restrictions for the input type of the attribute. Example of a Regular expression is [-a-z0-9]+(\.[-a-z0-9]+)*

	Reports	Sentinel EMS reports provide access to selected current information from the Sentinel EMS database. Different predefined reports are available to meet various requirements. The reports provide information in tabular form and, where applicable, in a graphical chart.

	Revocation or License Revocation	Revocation is a process by which a software vendor allows return of licenses by the customer. NOTE Third-party licenses can be revoked using the Revoke Immediately option.

	Revocation Tool – command-line based	A command-line tool that software vendors can use to configure license revocation on end users' computer.

	Revocation Tool – GUI based	A GUI-based tool that software vendors can use to configure license revocation on end users' computer.

	Role	A set of permissions that can be linked with users to manage their access rights. See also: Permissions

	Run-time Environment (RTE)	System component that enables communication between a Sentinel protection key and a protected application or data file. The Run-time Environment also contains Sentinel Admin Control Center.

	Sentinel HL key	The hardware-based protection and licensing component of Sentinel—a physical Sentinel HL key (such as a dongle). >Sentinel HL Basic key. Standard Sentinel HL local key that is used to protect software, and has a perpetual license. This key: •Does not have any memory functionality. •Does not support concurrency or remote desktops. •Does not support V‑Clock. >Sentinel HL network key. Any Sentinel HL key that supports concurrency. This includes the following keys: •Sentinel HL Net key •Sentinel HL NetTime key •Any Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) key except for Sentinel HL Basic keys >Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) key Sentinel HL key that does not require the Run-time Environment to protect an application or data file on a Windows machine. >Sentinel HL (HASP configuration) key. Sentinel HL key that is fully compatible with protected applications that require the older HASP HL keys. For more information about Sentinel HL keys, see Sentinel LDK Software Licensing and Protection Guide and Sentinel Hardware Protection Keys.

	Sentinel LDK CL Service	Thales-hosted cloud licensing service that enables your customers' end users to consume licenses anywhere, anytime, from any machine, without the need for performing activation or storing licenses locally.

	Sentinel SL key	The software-based protection and licensing component of Sentinel—a virtual Sentinel HL key. Product activation is instantaneous. End users can immediately start using the software with its fully-licensed functionality. The online connection with end users can enable user registration data to be collected and used for marketing purposes.

	Shipping address	The address where you want to receive your orders is called the Shipping Address. It could be your home or office.

	Standalone	A type of license that is intended for single computers.

	Start Date (for an entitlement line item)	The date before which no operations, such as login by product key, activation, or revocation, are allowed on an entitlement Line Item. NOTE* As one line item can have multiple licenses for multiple features, specifying a license start date different from the line item start date helps in addressing different start dates for multiple features.

	Start Date (for an entitlement)	The date before which operations, such as login by EID, activation, or revocation*, are not allowed on an entitlement.

	State of a Product or Product Suite	The different states of a product or product suite* are: >Draft >Complete >End of Life (EOL)

	Template	A template is a set of custom attributes that create placeholders to store or input additional information for features, products, product suites*, customers, contacts, entitlements, or batch entitlements.

	Test Entitlement	A test entitlement lets you make sure that the products, features, and license models are defined in an appropriate manner before deploying them to production. The process of generating a test entitlement is similar to that of a normal entitlement. However you can create a test entitlement using products and product suites* that are in either the draft or complete state. You can activate and revoke test entitlements, but their data is excluded from Reports.

	Trial duration	The time period (defined in the number of days or hours) to allow the use of the licensed application.

	Trial Standalone Node Locked	A Sentinel RMS license model, which is all of the following: >Trial: A temporary license that allows software usage for fixed days or hours starting from the first use. >Standalone: A license typically meant for non-networked environments (such as home users). >Node locked: Means the software can only be used on one machine.

	User	Refers to the employee of the software vendor who is responsible to perform various entitlement-related tasks in Sentinel EMS.

	User ID or User Name	A unique identifier for a user in Sentinel EMS.

	User Limit	> For Network Licenses: Specifies the number of tokens (concurrent instances) a license can have. > For Standalone Licenses: Setting a user limit for standalone licenses will limit the number of licensed features used concurrently. For example, a customer purchased a licensed application, which has five features licensed and hard limit is set to three. This limit will ensure that not more than three licensed features are used concurrently. However, since standalone licenses can be used by any number of local applications (instances), the hard limit set may not hold much meaning, especially in desktop environments. This is useful for platforms where the whole operating system is treated as a single application and, therefore, all tasks and processes share memory space. In such environments, the user limit can be used with standalone licenses for controlling the features of a device. > The maximum number of users that can run the licensed software. The administrator can set the User Limit Configuration attribute in the Sentinel EMS Administration Console to regulate the usage of the component multiplier and the license model user limit.

	User registration	The process by which the end user provides certain information when logging on to Sentinel EMS for the first time using an EID or product key.

	V2CP file	Vendor-to-Customer package file. A file that contains license information for an activated product. The V2CP file is available for download at the end of the activation process. For offline activations, the vendor or end user (customer) uses the V2CP file to apply the encoded license on the relevant computer. V2CP files can safely be sent by email. You can customize the V2CP file name format, if needed. For details, see License File Name (V2CP) Configuration.

	Vendor comments	Refers to comments that can be specified by the software vendor to be appended at the end of a Sentinel RMS license.

	Vendor Info	Refers to additional information that a software vendor can include as a part of the license code for identification. The private vendor information will remain encrypted in all license formats (whether readable or encrypted). The public vendor information will remain encrypted in encrypted licenses and readable in readable licenses, respectively.

	Version	Versions can be defined when creating features, products, and product suites. Features, products, and product suites can have the same name but different versions. This is useful when a new or different version of your product or product suite* is to be made available. NOTE This is different from license version.

	Virtual Clock	Virtual clock that is available in Sentinel SL keys and Sentinel HL (Driverless configuration) keys. In Sentinel LDK, also known as V-Clock.
	Webhook	Notifies client applications about an update to a Sentinel EMS entity.