CodeMeter – Software protection CodeMeter_Software_Protection_EN | Page 14

Unified Solution Scalable product Binding the CmActLicense You can freely decide whether to ship user licenses in dongles (CmDongle) or as computer-specific soft licenses (CmActLicense). You only need to protect your software once. You can then decide later about which license model provides the best protection in each market. Intelligent coupling between the license and the user’s computer prevents soft licenses from being illegally copied. Wibu-Systems developed CodeMeter SmartBind ® to provide this coupling. Its binding scheme dynamically detects hardware features and weights them according to their quality and availability. It functions with all operating systems, all versions of operating systems and in virtual environments. CodeMeter SmartBind is tolerant of changes to the computer hardware. You can define the tolerance level yourself which eliminates the cost of support. All license models can be mapped into the CmDongles and CmActLicense e.g. single user licenses, network licenses and time-limited licenses, which use the internal clock. Additional flash memory in CmDongles The CmDongle can be used in a diversity of areas such as PCs, embedded devices, mobile applications, as well as in the cloud, and is available in various form factors. In most cases, secure software protection and licensing is combined with industrial standard flash memory, which allows your software, or in the case of an embedded device, the whole operating system to be stored in the CmDongle. This solution only uses one of your device’s interfaces. 14 With CodeMeter Binding Extension you can design your own binding scheme. This could be your own piece of hardware, a different dongle or a special module in the embedded device. For demo versions or to protect your software from reverse engineering only, you can use CmActLicense without a binding scheme. Regardless of the binding mechanism you use, AxProtector/IxProtector and CodeMeter License Central guarantee secure protection.