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Dynamic Feature Selection
How would it be if you did actually have the finger-
print, retina scan or DNA sample of a person? Then
you would of course use them. The same applies to
CodeMeter SmartBind ® . CodeMeter SmartBind ® has no
rigid scheme concerning the features it uses. The selec-
tion of features is dynamically adapted to the availabil-
ity and recognition of features. CodeMeter SmartBind ®
is able to access a large pool of potential features. If,
for example, the CPU ID and/or TPM chip is available,
it will use these too.
Dynamic Weighting
You definitely remember the size of a person. Children
and teenagers are still growing, but size is a good and
stable criterion for adults. Features are dynamically
weighted by CodeMeter SmartBind ® according to the
available characteristics and the environment. If the
CPU ID and/or TPM chip can be read, they will be given
a high weighting in the binding. The components of a
virtual machine differ to those of a “real“ computer.
Tolerance
CodeMeter SmartBind ® is tolerant of changing fea-
tures. You set the tolerance level. If you select the
“Tight“ setting, the tolerance level is low; if you se-
lect the “Loose“ setting, the tolerance level is high. A
high tolerance level means only a few features need to
be retrieved to identify the computer; a low tolerance
level means many original features must be retrieved.
It is not necessarily the number of features which is
important, but the “overall weighting“.
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Security
Doesn’t a passport photo then present a security risk?
A particularly fine example here is provided by the ad-
vertising poster of a security services company which
showed the bit of a key belonging to the company.
The picture was enough to allow the key to be copied.
This couldn’t happen with SmartBind ® as features are
not stored in plain text in the passport photo. The in-
formation in the passport photo only says this feature
existed when the license was activated but does not
allow the feature itself to be reconstructed.
Conclusion
C ode M eter S mart B ind ® provides an easy and
secure way to bind a license to a computer .
U sing a variety of dynamically selected fea -
®
tures , C ode M eter S mart B ind provides both
reliability and security preventing manipula -
tion . L et us go back to our comparison with
recognizing a person . I f I take off my glasses
I will still be recognized . A colleague who
puts on my glasses though will not suc -
ceed in pretending to be me . T he license does
not become invalid and require reactivation
until several of my features have changed .
About Wibu-Systems:
Wibu-Systems was founded in 1989 by Oliver Winzen-
ried and Marcellus Buchheit with a mission to provide
state-of-the-art solutions for protecting and licensing
software and digital media. Products from Wibu-Sys-
tems support virtually all operating systems and come
in a broad variety, with many form factors, including
USB, PC Card, Express Card|34, Compact Flash Card,
SD Card, MicroSD-Card and ASIC. Applications include
software for desktop PCs, servers, embedded systems,
mobile, smart phones and cloud computing.
Corporate efforts stress achieving world-class quality
in the areas of security, reliability, durability, support,
and customer service. More than 6,000 independent
software vendors (ISV) rely on CodeMeter,
CodeMeterActLicense and WibuKey to sell more prod-
ucts by reducing piracy and increasing the customer
target group due to flexibility of their licensing models.
Products include:
• CodeMeter, Wibu’s latest architecture, allows for mul-
tiple ISVs to share a single dongle, easy online license
transfers and optional integrated flash memory
• CodeMeterActLicense is a software-based solution
that protects software by binding to the characteris-
tics of an individual PC
• CodeMeter License Central creates, managers, and
delivers licenses with integration into sales and ERP
systems
• SmartShelter allows for secure encryption of PDF
documents
• CodeMeter SDL (Secure Data Layer) protects data
files including audio, video, and database
• Authentication Solutions allow for easy and safe ac-
cess to websites and hosted software applications
(SaaS + cloud applications).
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