OT: locking software to one specific machine?
Mark Schonewille
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Thu Mar 4 09:25:28 EST 2010
Hi Peter,
I use a MAC address for this, sometimes a drive serial number or
computer serial number. This can only work if the configuration of the
computer isn't going to change. In one project, I take the MAC address
and check the license plus MAC address in a database. In another
project, I use the IP address to confine a license to a particular
organisation. It is also possible to hardcode information in the
software, if this is a unique project for one single customer.
The problem with these approaches is often that they take lots of
support hours and cause your customers a lot of frustrations. You
might want to think again before implementing such a system.
It isn't OT, once you start implementing it with RunRev :-) It is
doable.
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Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
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Op 4 mrt 2010, om 15:03 heeft Peter Alcibiades het volgende geschreven:
> Completely OT question. Do any of you do this? The method is that
> the
> machine on first run produces a machine ID, and you then issue a
> license
> key which is tied to that ID. The software can only be run on that
> specific machine.
>
> If so, or even if not, what is the usual and recommended package/
> method to
> use?
>
> Peter
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