end-to-end license transfer

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Sneak Peek of CodeMeter 6 Wolfgang Völker | Director Product [email protected]

Rüdiger Kügler | VP [email protected]

End-to-End License Transfer

Speaker 3

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Creating Licenses with CodeMeter

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License Entries

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License entry = Firm Code | Product Code Firm Code: issued by Wibu-Systems Product Code:

Defined by the software publisher

For each Option / Module / Feature

4 Billion Product Codes (UInt32) available

Product Item Options: Each license can include combinable options

Up to 2,000 Product Items per CmContainer

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Firm Code: 10

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Product Item Options

Product Code: 201.000







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License Quantity

Activation Time

Expiration Time

License Transfer

Linger Time

Protected Data

Extended Protected Data

Customer Owned License Information

User Data

Hidden Data

Secret Data

Usage Period

Unit Counter

Feature Map

Maintenance Period

Minimum Runtime Version

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Module Items

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Universal Firm Code

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Universal Firm Code

One single Firm Code for CmDongles (3-xxxxxx)

CmActLicenses

CmCloudContainers (2016)

Licenses based on certificates

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Module Items

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Module Items …

A Module Item is a Product Item inside a Product Item A Product Item can contain n Module Items Nesting level is 1, e.g. Module Items don‘t include additional Module Items Realization of modular licensing schemes A Module Item inherits the properties of his parent Product Item

License Quantity, Maintenance Period, Unit Counter, …

Properties of a Module Item can be overwritten

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… Module Items …

A Product Item will always be transferred / borrowed with its Module Items Overwritten properties are copied and not split

Allocation / Access rules For each process

Only for the same process (v6.20)

Prerequisites CodeMeter 6.0

CmDongle 3-xxxxxxx (Firmware Update 3.0)

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… Module Items

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Why Module Items?

Logical grouping of modules Assignment of a module to multiple products Simple transfer and borrowing of a complete product Same properties (e.g. expiration date) for all modules Space-saving mapping of modular licenses, especially in CmDongles

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License Transfer

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What is a License Transfer?

New license borrowing Borrowing a license from a network server

Offline use with no connection to the server

Simplified handling

Transferring licenses Temporary transfer of one or more licenses to another CmContainer

Service technician in a plant without Internet access

Reduced control of license transfers for the manufacturer

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Transfer Mode (-plttype)

No transfer Transfer of m licenses out of n network licenses (MoveLicenses) Temporary borrowing of a network license (BorrowLocalLicense) Permanent transfer of a complete license (MoveComplete – v6.20) Transfer of single functional units (MoveUnits – v6.20) …

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Permitted CmContainer (-plttarg) and intermediate targets (-pltltktarg)

CmContainer Types CmDongles (1***)

CmActLicenses with CodeMeterActId (2***)

CmCloudContainer with CmCloudId (2016) (3***)

Target: Permitted targets of transfer

LtkTarget: Permission to transfer the license forward to another CmContainer

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Permitted Transfer Level (-pltdepth)

Define the depth of the transfer Transfer decreases depth by 1

Return increased depth again by 1

Pull increased depth again by 1

When borrowing depth is 1 The transfer key is available only on the license server

Maximum security with CmDongle or CmCloudContainer (2016)

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Maximum Borrowing Time (-pltmbp)

Maximum borrowing time, in days Borrow expiration time can be chosen during the borrow process between

1 second and maximum borrow time.

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Options (-pltperm)

Firm Item Transfer (fitransfer) Yes = Empty target CmContainer

No = Target CmContainer already contains activated Firm Item

Depending on the license model with Wibu-Systems

Pulling Allowed (v6.20) Returning Allowed (return)

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License Transfer …

Transfer history in the original CmContainer Actions

Automatic revert (expires at client, available at server)

Manual return

One step renewal (v6.20)

Pull back of a license with pull-authorization (v6.20)

Online and offline transfer / borrow

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Transfer of Product Item Options

By transferring, all Product Item Options are transferred from the original CmContainer to the target CmContainer

Module Items are completely transferred with the Product Items, in which they are located

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Transfer in Detail…

BorrowLocalLicense Borrowed licenses will be displayed as “allocated” on the server (v6.10)

The license on the target CmContainer (Client) is a local license

MoveLicenses License Quantity from the original CmContainer will be split

It will be partially transferred to the target CmContainer

The balance will remain on the original CmContainer

Return of licenses combines the amount of licenses in original CmContainer

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… Transfer in Detail

MoveComplete (v6.20) The entry is completely transferred

History remains on the original CmContainer

MoveUnits (v6.20) The Unit Counter on the original CmContainer will be split

It will be partially transferred to the target CmContainer

The balance remains on the original CmContainer

All other properties are adopted

Return combines units

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Borrowing Licenses with CodeMeter License Central

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Transferring Licenses with CodeMeter License Central

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Demo

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Example of License Manager

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Deutschland: +49-721-931720

USA: +1-425-7756900

China: +86-21-55661790

http://www.wibu.com

[email protected]

Deutschland: +49-721-931720

USA: +1-425-7756900

China: +86-21-55661790

http://www.wibu.com

[email protected]


Thank you for your attention!

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