White Paper
Summary
It is up to the producers of industrial control systems to achieve a win-win situation for their partners by
using CodeMeter and the AxProtector technology. All they need is readily accessible at their fingertips,
as CodeMeter protection is already available for many operating systems and has been implemented in
development systems like CODESYS or Bernecker & Rainer’s Automation Studio.
A decision in favor of CodeMeter offers the producers of control systems and their partners many benefits:
<< Protection against reverse engineering
<< Protection against illegal copying
<< New business opportunities with features-on-demand
<< Improved export controls
<< Integrity and manipulation protection
<< Tamperproof logs
<< Protection against sabotage
<< Control over demonstration units
<< Simplified logistics with software licensing for machines
<< Reduced production costs
<< Protection for R&D investments and technological advantages
The protections can be retrofitted in existing control systems by simple software updates. CodeMeter
offers a single standard means for managing access rights, certificates, keys, and licenses in a fully
scalable solution for all use cases described here. The CodeMeter licenses are stored in a dedicated license
container, either a dongle or license file. The container can store licenses for multiple rights holders, like
the makers of the control systems or production machines or the commissioning client. Wibu-Systems’
CodeMeter dongles are designed to be industry-ready.
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