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Disable remote keys access 

A helpful feature of Sentinel Admin Control Center is the ability to disable access to remote keys. If the network key is installed locally, access to the key from remote hosts can be disabled. The following examples demonstrate how this can be done.

To disable access to remote keys switch to the "Access to Remote License Managers" tab and uncheck the "Allow Access to Remote Licenses" checkbox. Then press the "Submit" button to apply this change:

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  1. Collect the specific information about the "RecipientHost" to issue a transfer license: run the "License Update Service" utility on the "RecipientHost" (see above), choose the "Transfer License" tab and pressthe "..." button adjacent to the "Save Recipient Information" edit-box:

     
    In the popup choose a directory an file name for the recipient information.
    Press the "Collect and Save Information" button to create the recipient information file.

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  2. Copy the recipient file to the "SourceHost".

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    The recipient file is an ASCII file, so use "ascii" option in case of FTP transfer.

           

  3. On "SourceHost", run "License Update Service" utility, select "Transfer License" tab and the particular license to transfer in the big edit-box.Press the "..." button adjacent to the "Read the recipient information from file" edit-box, choose the just transferred recipient file,  press the "Open" button.
    Press the "..." button adjacent to the "Generate the license transfer file to" edit-box, choose the target directory and enter the desired name of the transfer file (*.h2h), then press the "Save" button.
    Press the "Generate License Transfer File" button to create the license transfer file in the specified folder.

     
  4. Copy the resulting "*.h2h" file to the "RecipientHost".

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    "*.h2h" file is an ASCII file, so use the "ascii" option in case of FTP transfer.

          

  5. On the "RecipientHost", apply the license transfer file ("*.h2h") the same way as a regular software license (see above).
  6. Start any web browser on the "RecipientHost" and go to http://localhost:1947 to access the "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC).
  7. Ensure that the license appears in the “Sentinel Keys” menu.

Software License Removal
It is also possible to remove a Software License completely from a host, the license will then be stored in a specific transfer license file "*.h2h", so it can be re-applied if needed.To remove a Software License completely from a host, follow the license transfer procedure described above. It is possible to use the fingerprint of the "SourceHost" (instead of the one from the "RecipientHost") for the transfer procedure.
There is also a quick method for removing software licenses:

Cloned Software License Removal

In certain situations Software License may become "Cloned" (disabled). In this case the following procedure must be applied to remove the cloned license:
 

  1. Go to http://localhost:1947 to access the "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC).
  2. In the "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC), locate the target "Sentinel SL AdminMode" license.
  3. Press the "Certificates" button at the right side of the SL description: 
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  4. Note the name of the correspondent certificate and path to the certificates base in the "Certificates" section:
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  5. Remove the certificate file. In the example above the file to remove is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SafeNet Sentinel\Sentinel LDK\installed\68704\387285561437702475_base.v2c".
  6. Reboot CHARON host
  7. Start "Sentinel HASP Admin Control Center" (ACC) again to ensure that the SL has been removed
.To apply SL again, proceed with the SL installation procedure described above
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License Deinstallation

To completely remove a CHARON-VAX / CHARON-PDP license from a host, it is enough to remove the Sentinel run-time driver using the following procedure:

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