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- Software licenses only.
- Developed by Stromasys.
- Installed on Charon-SSP host or separate license server.
- Require the Charon-SSP VE license server software.
- Require matching Charon-SSP emulator software.
- Can currently Currently only be used available in cloud environments (at the time of writing: AWS, OCI, Azure, and GCP).
- Currently only available for Charon-SSP products.
This document describes the use of this type of licenses.
Sentinel (Gemalto) HASP Licenses
Sentinel HASP licenses are the "traditional" licensing method for Charon emulator products. Their main characteristics are:
- Software and hardware (dongle) licenses.
- Based on third-party vendor solution.
- Require special third-party license driver software.
- Installed on Charon-SSP host or separate license server.
- Problematic in cloud environments.
- Dongles are flexible and host-hardware independent for on-premises installations (as long as there is a free USB port).
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- USB dongles are by nature not suitable for cloud environments and their use in VMware environments is somewhat complex.
- Sentinel software licenses are easy to install in a cloud or VMware environment. However, their ties to real hardware characteristics also make it easy to inadvertently invalidate them in such environments. Hence they are also not suited for use in cloud environments. Other Sentinel software license types do not provide the same level of license security.
- Marketplace automatic licensing does not allow a customer-specific environment in the cloud without Internet access. This is not suitable for many customers who require a private cloud network environment.
VE licenses are designed to enable the ease-of-use of software licenses while providing a high level of security for licensing Charon-SSP products in virtualized environments. At the time of writing, VE licenses are specific to cloud environments.
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