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Protection for your Software!
Protection PLUS is a keystone component/toolkit that offers developers unlimited
opportunities to securely accomplish countless licensing functions. The beauty of
Protection PLUS is that it works as a stand-alone product and as the cornerstone of
the SWK Licensing System offering the opportunity to integrate with our SOLO product
line to expand automated e-commerce licensing capabilities for
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Protection PLUS has evolved from the industry-acclaimed Protection Plus
Professional (PPP) advanced software licensing toolkit that has
been around for 10 years. This powerful, flexible software
licensing toolkit protects your applications and allows remote
software license activation. Unlock demos into retail versions, protect
single and multi-user applications, rent/lease software, implement
pay-per-use licenses, enable modules, and more! PLUS is
licensed in three forms -- Standard Edition, Enterprise
Edition, and Internet Edition.
Protection PLUS Overview
Powerful, License Enforcement That
Sells!
Protection PLUS is a powerful, flexible software licensing toolkit
that allows you to protect your applications while remotely
managing customer access. It gives you everything you need to
secure your existing distribution channels and create new ones.
PLUS is so powerful and so flexible that it allows you to do all
of the following and more:
Control Applications
- Create demos, rentals, pay-per-use applications
- Immediate software activation via phone, fax, e-mail, or the Internet
- Extend a demo, rental, or lease for an additional period of time
- Turn on one or more menu options or applications in a suite
- Convert application from single-user mode to multi-user mode
- Protect using either fixed or floating network licensing
- Modify the number of allowed network workstations
- Convert from "lite" version to professional version
- Increase or decrease a counter
- Trigger any user-defined action
Enforce License Compliance
- Lock the application to run on the current computer or network server only
- Limit the number of allowed network users or computers
- Terminate rental or lease applications that are not paid
- Turn an illegal copy into a demo or disable it
- Force returned software or fraudulent purchases to stop working
Protection PLUS - Other Features
- Detects click backdating or demo reinstallation to gain additional usage
- Encrypt/decrypt user data
- Personalize and/or serialize without recompiling
- Extremely flexible programming interface means applications limited only
by your imagination
Product Components -- LFEdit and
Libraries
PLUS has two main parts. The Software Licensing toolkit is packaged as a library,
callable from any language that can call Windows DLLs. Also, a Windows-based
application named LFEdit (pronounced L-F-Edit) is included to create encrypted, binary
License Files and to generate Trigger Codes. These terms are
defined below.
Protection PLUS License Files
License Files contain many data fields that allow you to store information to control the
flow of execution in your application. The fields can be initialized before sending your
application using our Windows-based License File Editor application and/or can be
manipulated by the application remotely using Trigger Codes. License Files may be
stored in a regular file in any directory, the Windows registry, a Marx Software Security
Crypto-Box Hardware Key, or on an Internet Web Server. There are many character
string, numeric/bit, and date fields in the License File. Data ranges from pre-defined
fields such as serial number, expiration date, and number of allowed network users, to
user-defined fields.
Trigger Codes -- Adds Remote Licensing Control
The PLUS system has a mechanism to send one-time secure remote signals to your
application while running on the Client's computer. The user contacts you and gives you
2 six to eight-digit numbers that are displayed on a dialog box on their computer. These
numbers can be sent by phone, FAX, e-mail, etc. In our Windows-based License File
Editor application, these two numbers are entered; and, depending on what function
you want to perform on their application, you return them one of 50 six to eight-digit
numbers. In addition to the remote signal sent, you can also send an encrypted
number. The encrypted number can contain data such as the number of allowed
workstations, number of pay-per-use events, etc.
Optional Copy Protection
When copy protecting your application, the PLUS system allows you to authorize a
particular computer or network using different Computer ID number algorithms provided
in the library. The PLUS system includes library functions that detect illegal copies of
your application. Upon detection, you may convert to a demo, abort the program, etc.
Unknowingly, illegal copies converted into demos become a new distribution channel for
your application.
Payment / Rentals / Lease Option
For rented/leased applications or technical support clients, the PLUS system allows you
to enforce periodic suspensions. This guarantees collection of payments due. If desired
you can use the PLUS system to release your application from future expirations once
the contract has been fulfilled. This feature can also be used to guard against
fraudulent credit cards or 30-day money back guarantees. When the software is
purchased, it can be activated but requires an additional authorization in 30 or 60 days.
This way, if the software has been returned or the credit card used was fraudulent, you
can rest-assured that the user will not have unlimited use of
the application.
Demo Creation
Now you can distribute demo copies of your application. Using the PLUS system, you
can cause your application to stop working after a specified date or number of
executions. The PLUS system will not allow more use of your application by backdating
the system date or reinstalling the demo. You decide whether to enable all or just some
of the features of your application during the demo period.
What happens when the demo expires? The prospective client calls you for a
Trigger Code to extend the demo period, or you can unlock it forever. This allows you
to distribute demos, take credit card orders over the phone, and activate the
application without having to send another set of diskettes.
Network Per-Seat Licensing
The PLUS system allows you to prohibit the copying of your software from the server
hard drive, limit the number of simultaneous workstations, or assign the application to
specific workstations. To authorize additional workstations, your client simply contacts
you for a Trigger Code. In most cases, the PLUS system can detect when any of the
client stations terminated prematurely and automatically free up the license that was
being used.
Distributor Control using LFEdit for Distributors
LFEdit for Distributors is available with PLUS Enterprise Edition or higher for those
applications that are sold through distributors. You now have total control over the
number of copies of YOUR applications which these distributors
license.
Distributor Control using the Internet
As an alternative to LFEdit for Distributors, there is a way to track your distributors
using your web site. If they have Internet access, you can provide them a special area
on your web site to unlock software and your web server application can track and/or
limit their usage. In many cases, Concept Software can provide the tools and consulting
to help you with a custom Implementation.
EZ Key Integration
Would it not be nice to have the best of both the software and hardware-based
protection worlds? Using a Crypto-Box from Marx Software Security
to store software license information can be a very powerful
tool. There is a predefined amount of RAM available in these keys where we store a
subset of the License File fields. And best of all, you do not have to be a programming
genius to switch between software and hardware licensing modes as PLUS takes care of
the details!
Using a Crypto-Box to store the number of installations allowed is great for large
companies or educational institutions who purchase many copies of your application or
for notebook users who will not tolerate constantly having a Hardware Key attached to
their parallel port. It is possible to use Trigger Codes to remotely change all License File
fields stored in the Hardware Key, so when these companies grow and want more
licenses, you can easily accommodate without needing to ship
anything!
Protection PLUS is a Great Investment
Concept Software hasn't missed a beat when it comes to insuring proprietary security
and control. Whether you want to protect your software from pirates, generate
revenue from software leasing, or convert demos into fully functioning versions,
Protection PLUS will do it. We believe that the PLUS toolkit will be the most valuable
add-on in your collection and will be the only one that literally pays for itself. Invest in
your applications' future and see for yourself how quickly PLUS pays off in increased
sales, greater control, and peace of mind.
- Protect your investments
- Guarantee payments
- Prevent theft
Protection PLUS Benefits
Protection Plus Versions
Licensing: Royalty Free
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