Enhancing license management with Salesforce

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Over the last 15 years, Salesforce’s market strength has grown exponentially to become the world’s #1 CRM. Companies of all sizes and operating in any industry have migrated their sales-, service-, marketing-, and community-related databases to the cloud. Moreover, several ISVs are making a special use of Salesforce; they also associate the software licenses they create with their customers through this powerful platform. What is the missing piece of this puzzle, that can expedite the license deployment even further? CodeMeter License Central, a database-derived license entitlement application, automates the process of creating, delivering, and managing licenses for software and digital content. And the good news is it can be connected to Salesforce in just a few easy steps. The presentation is structured in two segments. In Part One we show how to create a license with Salesforce. Then the user activates the license, and the information about the activation is transmitted back to Salesforce. You will be able to observe the process from both sides: that of the vendor that creates and delivers the license, and that of the user who activates it. In Part Two, now that you have seen the effectiveness of the comprehensive solution as a whole, we step backwards and show you how to connect Salesforce and CodeMeter License Central. In particular, we will navigate through the following specific topics: Part One: Combined use of the two systems * From the ISV’s perspective: - How to generate a project with Salesforce assets - How to transfer a project to CodeMeter License Central * From the user’s perspective: - How to activate the license using WebDepot - How to activate the license using the Software Activation Wizard * From the ISV’s perspective - How to transmit the activation to Salesforce - How to get a complete overview of all activations in Salesforce - How to edit a project Part Two: Integration of the two systems - How to generate CodeMeter License Central items for Salesforce assets - How to integrate CodeMeter License Central into Salesforce It’s time to boost Salesforce with a streamlined license deployment. 3-2-1, done! Watch the webinar: https://youtu.be/-GGUtNTSndQ ******************************** Request CodeMeter SDK and try out Wibu-Systems' premier technology for yourself http://www.wibu.com/cml ********************************

Software

Integration of CodeMeter
License Central with salesforce
Rüdiger Kügler | Professional Services
ruediger.kuegler@wibu.com
Stefan Bamberg | Senior Key Account Manager
stefan.bamberg@wibu.de
Enhancing license
management with salesforce

Introduction
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CodeMeter License Central
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 License Entitlement
 Create
 Deliver
 Manage
 References to ERP / CRM / …
 Customer ID
 Order ID
 SOAP Interface
 Cloud-based System

salesforce
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 CRM System
 Accounts
 Products
 Assets
 Projects
 …
 Workflow Management
 APEX Programming
 Cloud-based System

Complete Each Other
 CodeMeter License Central and salesforce complete each other
 Both systems are cloud-based
 APEX Programming = SOAP Interface
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Process Flow
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Process Overview
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1. Vendor creates Licenses
(Assigning asset to account)
2. salesforce sends request to
CodeMeter License Central,
License Central returns ticket
3. Vendor sends ticket to User
4. User activates license
5. salesforce pulls / License Central
pushes activation information
Cloud
Vendor
User
1
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4
5

Demo – Assigning Asset to Account
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Create Order
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Demo – Activating Licenses by User
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Demo – Activating Licenses by User
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Demo – Check License State
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Integration / Configuration
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Integration of CodeMeter License Central into salesforce
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 Initial Setup
 salesforce Enterprise or Unlimited
 CodeMeter License Central Internet Edition
 Installation of salesforce connector
 Integration via APEX
 Setup per Product
 Creating product in salesforce
 Creating corresponding item in CodeMeter License
Central
Cloud

Cloud-based
CodeMeter License Central Editions
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Desktop
Edition
Internet
Edition
Datacenter
Edition
Dedicated
Server
Edition
High Performance
Edition
High
Availability
Package
On-Premise

salesforce Connector
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$APEX call - doOrder public PageReference simpleOrderWithoutLogin() { // generate proxy class GenericConnector.GenericConnectorSOAP11port_http stub = new GenericConnector.GenericConnectorSOAP11port_http(); // call SOAP service ticketIdentification = stub.singleItemOrderWithoutLogin(customerIdentification, comment, itemIdentification); … } 31.12.2014 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG 23$

$APEX call - getActivationInformation public PageReference readActivationState() { // generate proxy class GenericConnector.GenericConnectorSOAP11port_http stub = new GenericConnector.GenericConnectorSOAP11port_http(); // call SOAP service activationState = stub.getActivationState(asst.SerialNumber); activationDate = stub.getActivationDate(asst.SerialNumber); } 31.12.2014 WIBU-SYSTEMS AG 24$

Integration of CodeMeter License Central with salesforce
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 Inital Setup
 salesforce Enterprise or Unlimited
 CodeMeter License Central Internet Edition
 Installation of salesforce connector
 Integration via APEX
 Setup per Product
 Creating product in salesforce
 Creating corresponding item in CodeMeter License
Central
Cloud

Creating Products in salesforce (1)
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Creating Products in salesforce (2)
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Creating Products in salesforce (3)
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Creating Products in salesforce (4)
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Creating Products in salesforce (5)
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Creating Items in CodeMeter License Central (1)
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Creating Items in CodeMeter License Central (2)
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Alternative Options
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Alternative Options / Extensions
 Push Service to push activation information from CodeMeter License
Central to salesforce
 Modular licensing, using projects and assets
 Project = Order
 Asset = Item
 Change management of projects
 …
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Summary
Easy salesforce Integration
License Creation and Delivery
Powerful License Management
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.NET has seen a surge in its popularity as a development platform since 2018, powered not least by the multiplatform capabilities introduced with .NET Standard. According to the Tiobe Index, C# currently ranks in fifth spot as a choice for developers in .NET, outranked only by Python, C/C++, and Java. Python is particularly in demand for internal projects or automation use cases, as Java is for servers, and .NET for end user devices. For traditional standalone and client applications, it is safe to say that .NET is a sure second choice alongside C/C++. Security matters, and it matters especially when applications are run out in the field, on an end user’s device. This is true for the end users themselves, as they don’t want their machines affected by malware or other harmful code, which is usually avoided by solutions like signed code. But it is also true for software developers who want to protect their work from piracy or IP theft. .NET differs from C/C++ in that the source code does not go through a compiler to run as machine code on a specific platform. Instead, it is turned into intermediate code that can still run on multiple platforms. The downside to this is that the intermediate code remains accessible for snooping and tampering by would-be attackers. License checks can be removed or replaced by forged ones, and business secrets contained in the code may simply be stolen. Our answer: AxProtector .NET from our CodeMeter Protection Suite. AxProtector .NET works perfectly with code signatures, meaning developers do not have to make that decision between security for the end user or protection for their own IP. They can, and should, have both. AxProtector .NET makes clever use of the easy legibility of the intermediate code: it extracts all the classes and methods contained in a .NET assembly and encrypts them piece by piece. The encrypted code is then placed back instead of the original code. During runtime, the methods are decrypted on the fly when they are called for. The actual intermediate code remains in the device’s working memory only for a brief moment to run through the Just In Time Compiler (JIT) and create the machine code, and then it is erased from memory. A native C/C++ component, CPSRT, takes over part of the decrypting and runs cyclical security checks in the background. By comparison to a straight-up .NET solution, adding this native component increases the security of the system again. CPSRT is available for most common platforms and processes, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Intel x86 and x86-64 as well as ARM and AARCH64. It does not normally mean any limitation to the application’s ability to run on multiple platforms.

Protecting and Licensing .NET Applications

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“You don’t get a second shot at a good first impression.” We have all heard this deceptively simple saying. It applies to your and our relationships with potential new customers, but it also applies to your first impression of working with our software protection and licensing technology CodeMeter. Workflows that used to be state of the art only a few years ago are no longer accepted without question today. Just think of the old habit of distributing trial versions of software on CD-ROMs or DVDs at expos. Nobody does so anymore, because very few people have the necessary drives left on their new computers. As a software developer or vendor, you will recognize many of the challenges we at Wibu-Systems face when it comes to providing test versions of our product to potential clients. That is why we have prepared a webinar to share our ideas and experiences with designing the new evaluation process with you. In this masterclass, you will discover the workflows we use with our clients, with a look behind the scenes to show you how and why we do it this way. You can do everything we have done in this process yourself with CodeMeter for your own processes. In the past, Wibu-Systems delivered its test versions through the mail, i.e. a physical SDK toolkit including two dongles and a DVD. The disadvantage is obvious: Potential clients had to wait for the package to arrive before they could test our technology, and they had to have a DVD drive to use the included disc. In short: We needed a new approach. Our goal was to enable our clients’ testing team to start their tests immediately, while keeping the cryptographic keys needed for the process as secure as they were on the hardware-based CmDongle. The combination of CmCloudContainers and CmDongles means that all possible requirements are covered. The cryptographic keys are always kept safe; users with online access can start to test the software immediately, and users forced to go the offline route can still carry their licenses and keys around on the CmDongle. Should the situation change later on, everything can be switched around as needed. The CodeMeter Developer Portal is modelled on the CodeMeter License Portal. If you want, you can copy our choice of offering a combination of dongles for offline scenarios and cloud containers for a faster response. You can also get access to the CodeMeter Evaluation Portal, a trial version of the License Portal that lets you review the processes from your specific vantage point and see in action how you would produce trial versions of your software or even enable your sales partners and resellers to do so.

The first step is always the most decisive

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Bus operators depend on their vehicles, and any spare parts they need have to be available as quickly as possible. Up to now, this meant massive local stocks or complex on-demand logistics, but now digitalization is hailing in a new age. The owners and operators of Mercedes Benz and Setra busses can now produce the parts themselves with 3D printing. All they need for these mini-factories are a certified 3D printer and the licenses for the parts they want to print. Wibu-Systems’ CodeMeter provides the technological basis for a secure digital process chain with full control over how many parts can be and are printed on the ground. Additive manufacturing was long considered a technology for nerds or select specialists. There were too many technical challenges still to be overcome, and the cost of 3D printed parts was far too high compared to conventional manufacturing. But times have changed, and many of these problems have been solved. New service concepts are being introduced and are already creating new global, digital markets. Our webinar introduces the solution thought up by Daimler Buses in partnership with the 3D printer specialists Farsoon Technology and the CodeMeter security technology of Wibu-Systems. The system solves two essential problems: The protection of the digital object data and the monetization of the entire process with a reliable license management system. The challenge is to be able to produce parts wherever and whenever they are needed. This promises a new field for service providers to get active in, offering 3D printing services for their clients. However, when the parts are processed and printed by a third party, there need to be systems in place to protect the intellectual property involved and to make the entire value chain correctly traceable and, crucially, billable. This is where Daimler Buses has found a solution with the potential to revolutionize the current conventional parts business. The system creates exciting new prospects for the service business and for the availability of spare parts, both economically and ecologically speaking. Many parts and components are now available in digital format on the OMNIplus 3D printing license shop. Bus operators and service partners around the world can purchase these and produce them at their leisure and at the point of need. The parts are provided as encrypted downloads. As in any online store, the buyer adds the right items to their cart. At the checkout, the buyer then receives a preprinting license to prepare the print job with the Buildstar® software made by Farsoon Technologies and the actual printing license for the right number of parts. The licenses can then be used with the Makestar® software on Farsoon-certified 3D printers. Both protected and unprotected parts can be combined in one job to reduce the printing costs. Order processing is handled by the combination of CodeMeter License Central and the SAP system already in place at Daimler Buses.

Protection and monetization of 3D printed objects in the spare parts business...

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“Who’s who” is an important question, not just for the publishers of biographical encyclopedias. Identities and reliable ways to identify people, devices, and real or virtual objects have become more important than ever before as much of our lives, including the industrial world, has gone digital. The new opportunities coming from this also contain new challenges: From biometric passports making travel safer and more secure to eID technologies facilitating virtual transactions and digital certificates establishing themselves as the technology of choice to authenticate devices and actors in the industrial IoT, the tech world is exploring how identity can be represented both online and offline. Digital certificates are a great tool to uniquely identify people or devices with the tried-and-tested reliability and security of a pair of cryptographic keys acting as the currency of trust: One key is public and confirmed by a neutral authority, the Certificate Authority, to belong to the person, device, or digital object, and the other is private and secure. With a certificate signed with that private key and the private key stored safely away from prying eyes, there should be no way to tamper with or steal the identity it confirms. CodeMeter Certificate Vault is our answer: The keys are kept safe and the necessary cryptographic operations handled in the smart card chips embedded in our secure hardware elements, our CmDongles. But CodeMeter Certificate Vault is more than that: It acts as a PKCS#11-compliant token provider, acts as a go-between when keys need to be accessed, e.g. through the OpenSSL API, it works perfectly in the important M2M communication standard OPC UA, and it simplifies the often laborious process of distributing and managing certificates by bringing the whole comfort and great performance of CodeMeter License Central to the certificate world. Key pairs are created, bound to their intended container, and packaged in a secure file that can simply be shipped over to their destination. With CodeMeter’s award-winning encryption, the entire process is safe from theft and tampering. In his talk, Guenther Fischer will look at three use cases that show the power of CodeMeter Certificate Vault in action.

Authenticate and authorize your IIoTdevices

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Nobody would eat a whole salami from end to end. We might all want to, but we wouldn’t try (or manage). Instead, we proceed slice by slice. This strategy, also called the salami tactic, can be applied to many other walks of life, and software licensing is one of them. Over their evolution, many software products tend to get bigger and bigger as the developers try to fulfil new user expectations or add new technology capabilities. Some call this bloat, but it is actually a reasonable way of responding to a growing user base with a growing set of needs and expectations. However, few users will need all of the features at once. Usually, they only need a few selected features, creating a dilemma for software developers and their clients: Users don’t want to pay for things they never use, but developers don’t want to give their work away for free. This is where the salami tactic comes back into the picture. Called features-on-demand in the software world, it means that the users are not forced to buy or pay for the entire package (or salami), but only for the features (or slices) they want. Although the term had negative connotations for its originator, Zoltán Pfeiffer, the salami tactic is a great example of a win-win strategy. The seller gets their software to the user at a lower entry price, and the users have the opportunity to spend more for the features they want on top.

Serving Up Features-on-Demand for Every Appetite

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Machine learning. We believe that it has the potential to be a game changer that will transform the course of our future. But what actually is machine learning? The term refers to training an artificial intelligence with typically massive sets of data. The resulting trained model can then predict other data. To illustrate this, we can see how medical data could be processed automatically by an artificial intelligence. Think of a doctor screening a patient for TBC. The doctor takes a look at the X-ray image to tell whether the patient is infected or not. This needs years of training and lots of experience. A trained AI could do the same job much more efficiently and make the technique available even to general practitioners. Imagine that a maker of TBC screening systems produces a system that read the X-ray scans and make the diagnosis by itself. All it needs is a good set of X-ray images with the right diagnoses attached. The system is trained with these scans to produce a model that can predict the diagnoses for future scans. What is immediately clear is that the data that the machine is being fed with has to be sound: All incorrect or flawed data has to be screened out, and the meaningful data has to be identified and correlated. The model that slowly grows from this process becomes the intellectual property of the manufacturer. And as soon as intellectual property comes into the picture, we get problems: There will be counterfeiters trying to build similar systems by abusing the property of the original maker. There might even be outright saboteurs who want to manipulate what the system can do in practice. Latest at this point – much sooner, if you ask us – the device maker should start thinking about ways to protect that IP. The IP comes in multiple forms: It is the data used originally to train the model, the training setup itself, and the eventual trained model. It does not matter whether the model in question is a virtual system operating in the cloud or an actual device sitting on a desk in a doctor’s surgery room somewhere. At stake in both cases is a data model that can be accessed via the physical device and that needs to be securely stored in the cloud. And for both threats, CodeMeter has a perfect solution: Encrypting the model to protect it against unauthorized use, copying, or espionage.

Security and Protection for Machine Learning.pptx

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Software protection has one prime mission: To prevent your software from being run and taken apart by a debugger. Paradoxically, this makes life harder not just for hackers, but also for legitimate developers trying to test their work and remedy any bugs that might be hidden in it. Now, with CodeMoving, you can take the leap into optimal protection: CodeMoving lets you move essential code into a secure CmContainer for execution far away from the prying eyes of would-be hackers. But how can developers test their work under these circumstances? The new generation of AxProtector comes with a simulation mode, built specifically for that purpose. CodeMeter Protection Suite includes a variety of AxProtector flavors that make protecting applications easy. There are versions of AxProtector for native Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android applications and for applications in Java, .NET, Python, and JavaScript. AxProtector itself is available as a standard version for encrypting either entire applications or individual functions. File encryption, IP Protection mode, and CodeMoving are available as optional resources. File encryption allows your application to load protected files, such as models used for AI. The IP Protection mode works against reverse engineering without your software needing a CodeMeter license and without CodeMeter being installed on the user’s system. With CodeMoving, you can have sensitive parts of your software executed in the secure confines of a CmContainer. This masterclass will show you how to make the most of CodeMoving, including the ability to test and debug even protected code. With CodeMoving, you can create as many code fragments as you want for execution in a CmDongle or CmCloudContainer. To move the code, the application is encrypted with AxProtector; all functions to be moved are compiled and encrypted by AxProtector and normally kept in the application like their peers with regular AxProtector protections. While AxProtector decrypts and executes the function in question in the memory of the computer during runtime, CodeMoving first moves it into a CmDongle or CmCloudContainer to be decrypted and executed with the right input parameters. The output parameters are then returned to the application. CodeMoving is more secure than AxProtector used by itself, while regular encryptions with AxProtector offer better performance for the protected code. To find the optimal balance for your application, a combination of CodeMoving and functions encrypted with AxProtector is possible.

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Subscriptions range somewhere between the holy grail and the gold standard for software vendors. They have already become the norm in much of the consumer world, and they are becoming increasingly popular for commercial options as well. The secret to their success is not so secret at all: For the vendor, they promise a steady stream of income. For users, they offer affordable access to software without steep upfront costs for the licenses. The costs for maintenance and further development become more predictable for both sides, and users know that their software will always be the latest version available. Despite these many plus points, the decision to switch from straight-up sales to subscription models deserves some care and attention, as it can mean a drop in actual revenue in the initial transition period. Beyond these financial considerations, the switch to subscription models also calls for some attention to the technical nitty-gritty. There is one technical hurdle that needs to be taken in any case: All subscription models need some form of channel between the vendor and the user – magical thinking is not enough, and telepathy is out of the question. Even in today’s hyper-connected world, this is still a live issue, as there are many devices that need to operate offline, maybe even in secure and cordoned-off environments. Speaking generally, there are two possible routes to consider: * Licenses can be created as permanent licenses that work without any further intervention. When the subscription is cancelled, the license is turned into a temporary license or deactivated on the spot, ideally with a form of receipt to record that transaction. One major drawback of this choice is that licenses may still be used by more fraudulent users (e.g. those claiming that they lost the device they had bought the license for). And even for legitimate and upright users, there is little incentive to care about deactivating their licenses properly. Still, this straightforward option has the considerable advantage that it needs hardly any updates or interventions in the case of offline use. * Licenses can be created as temporary licenses that are renewed on a regular basis. Should a subscription be cancelled in this case, the license is given a new fixed expiry date and is not renewed anymore beyond that time limit. From the point of view of license enforcement, this is the way to go, as it essentially prevents all fraudulent use after the planned expiry date. The approach does, however, need a mechanism for regularly updating the licenses, even if they are used in offline scenarios. Preplanned push updates by file transfer can facilitate this, with lots of automation opportunities to make the process as unobtrusive as possible.

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JavaScript was born as a script language for dynamic websites in the infancy of the Internet in 1995. Today’s JavaScript is a different beast altogether, as it has matured to a language of choice for desktop and server applications – one more reason for its popularity, currently ranking 7th in the TIOBE index of popular programming languages. For server and desktop applications in particular, JavaScript now does far more than simply displaying interface elements. In many cases, even the most sensitive and precious operating logics of applications are realized in JavaScript. Straightforward server applications offered as Software-as-a-Service usually have little need for licensing or added protections. But stable Internet connections are not a given, even in today’s hyperconnected world. The recent 7-hour outage of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram showed the world how fragile the digital infrastructure can be. Clients and users need an option to run mission-critical applications in private clouds, on edge devices, or even completely on-premises. JavaScript can accommodate all these scenarios without the applications needing any rewrite. However, new software protection and licensing concerns need to be addressed if this route is taken: While server applications were safe and sound in their maker’s own data center, where one only had to keep track of the number of registered users, now applications are let out “into the wild”, and JavaScript’s very nature makes it easy for skilled attackers to remove or get around license checks. Unless you add AxProtector JavaScript. Most server or desktop applications worth to be protected are based on Node.js, which is the standard use case AxProtector JavaScript was designed for. Like its siblings AxProtector Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, .NET, Java, and Python, AxProtector JavaScript is made to operate “in the wild” and to guarantee top protection by encrypting the executable code and optionally integrating license checks right in the application itself. The protected code is only ever decrypted when it is actively being used; code not needed at any given point remains encrypted and cannot be extracted from the host computer’s memory. You can even encrypt separate parts of your code with individual licenses and cryptographic keys for a more granular and modular protection of your software. With modular encryption, you can deliver your applications will all features onboard, and allow your users to activate and use the features they need by buying additional licenses.

Protecting Node.js-based JavaScript Applications

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In our digital age, it is software that makes the world go round. Companies that used to sell hardware only are now letting software and firmware determine the feature sets of their products. The same is true for conventional software houses as well, where lifetime licenses are being replaced with pay-per-feature or subscription models. But this freedom of choice and added value for the user comes at a price: The IP and development efforts invested in the products. To monetize these investments, vendors need ways to market, manage, and enforce licenses, and not just for the initial purchase, but also for subsequent aftermarket feature activation or subscription renewals. In addition to entitlement management and license enforcement, commercial concerns play a key role in these processes. The list of requirements from software and device manufacturers is long, as is the list of legal factors to be considered. This is where e-commerce providers like Cleverbridge, who specialize in these processes, come into their own. Cleverbridge’s features and capabilities leave little to be desired: their solution handles local payment methods around the world, regulatory compliance, and even automatic billing for license renewals. Cleverbridge's e-commerce platform covers the commercial part of the requirements, while CodeMeter License Central is there for entitlement management and enforcement. Both systems integrate and work perfectly with each other out of the box to offer maximum added value for their users. And at the same time, both systems come with additional interfaces to link up with other systems, such as ERP and CRM. Everything is built to fit neatly into even very heterogeneous landscapes. Combined and integrated, CodeMeter License Central and the Cleverbridge e-commerce platform automate two separate processes: Payment and billing on one side and entitlement and license enforcement on the other. The Cleverbridge e-commerce platform can call an external license engine for delivering entitlements, and CodeMeter License Central is ready to work as the endpoint for this call. A small piece of Software, the Cleverbridge Connector, maps the data fields between the Clverbridge e-commerce platform and CodeMeter License Central and builds a bridge between the two systems. The integrated solution supports multiple use cases, including the most common types: - Entitlements with perpetual licenses - Creating feature-based licenses - Managing subscriptions When a product is purchased or a subscription is renewed, the system checks that the license entitlement has been issued or updated accordingly. Simply put: The Cleverbridge platform takes care of communicating with customers, and CodeMeter License Central manages entitlement and license enforcement for the software.

Safer to market: Licensing and e-commerce integrated

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The ability to monetize software products has become one of the factors deciding the fate and fortunes of companies, be they traditional software businesses or active players in the increasingly software-dependent industrial world. Flexible licensing can be the perfect way for them to respond to the many needs and requirements of different customer communities or local markets. Successfully integrating a licensing model in a software product is only half the story, however, as companies also have to be able to distribute and manage these licenses (or entitlements) transparently and effectively, ideally in an as automated fashion as possible. This means that licensing is not a technical matter reserved solely for software developers, but an issue that concerns many functions and departments across the entire business. When introducing a central entitlement management system, the challenge is to establish a clean and standard process that can accommodate all the other processes already in place, while being pliable enough to leave room for new models and innovations. The resulting system has to have the right interfaces to link up with the existing system landscape in order to meet the needs of all the many stakeholders involved in or affected by it. There is a system designed to master this balancing act: The combined power of SAP Entitlement Management System (EMS) and CodeMeter. It is the perfect synthesis of a smart back-office solution for managing entitlements and a sophisticated technology for monitoring the entitlements on the end user’s side. 1 plus 1 equals 3 in this case, as the benefits of the combined system are far more than the sum of its parts.

Managing entitlements through the product lifecycle

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In the past, the need to protect the software on industrial controllers used to come as an afterthought, but no longer: Software protection has long since become a top priority for the people in charge of keeping industrial and mechanical engineering enterprises safe and secure. And this goes beyond the critical infrastructures that regulators already had in their sights. The momentum for more security now comes from the market itself, with ever louder calls to safeguard industrial networks against attacks e.g. by complying with the international IEC 62443 standards. A look at the news shows that this is happening not a moment too soon: Cyberattacks against businesses and industrial installations are a constant threat, and the ability to protect the invaluable intellectual property invested in or handled by the software has become a game changer. On top of pure security concerns, companies will want to control access to their systems or software e.g. for certified service technicians or as a goods means to monetize a device’s add-on features and functions. Users can purchase the licenses they need from the flexible choice of licensing models they are offered, which can include popular options like time-based (subscriptions) or usage-based (pay-per-use) licenses. They allow providers to tailor their licensing models perfectly to match the local market’s needs without having to go back to doctoring their software. CODESYS seized upon these trends at a very early stage. The leading hardware-independent IEC 61131-3 programming system used to create controller applications under Windows is equipped with Wibu-Systems’ CodeMeter technology – the perfect toolkit for putting in place just the right protection, authentication, and licensing solutions.

Your CODESYS Applications, Protected and Licensed

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The Wibu-Systems’ world also has its secrets and mysteries – like the Firm Security Box or FSB. The idea of the FSB was born alongside the very first WibuKeys back in 1989 and has stayed with us up to the newest versions of CodeMeter. Any secure license has to be based on cryptography. The standard is for licenses to be signed with their creator’s private key, and the validity of the signature is checked on the user’s side with the fitting public key. However, if the private key ever ends up in the wrong hands, unscrupulous actors would have everything they need to create as many apparently valid licenses as they wish – the worst thinkable outcome. That is why keeping private keys safely locked away is one of the most important jobs for keeping the entire system secure. Compared to other run-of-the-mill licensing systems, Wibu-Systems does not rely on checking the validity of the license alone. With CodeMeter – and to some extent with its predecessor WibuKey since 1989 – every license is given a secret (license) key that is tucked away and kept safe in the license itself. These keys are needed to decrypt the software. Keys are the same for the same license and different for different licenses. A perfect setup, but it requires a secure anchor to create these license keys, which should be considered just as critical as the private signature keys. On top of the licenses, the software itself could be signed to allow it to check its own authenticity, which is particularly helpful for software packages that include applications and libraries that should be able to verify each other. Again, this needs a private signature key – with all the mentioned concerns about their possible loss. To encrypt software, the right license key for the right license is needed, which could be got by creating a fitting license already before one starts the encryption. This is a possible, but rather cumbersome approach, so a solution is needed to give software developers a secure environment in which all license keys are available or at least simulated. And this is where the FSB comes into the picture: It houses the private signature keys and secure anchors for creating licenses and the developer’s own Wibu-Systems licenses.

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