Licensing Glossary

This page contains the definition of commonly used licensing terms.

Term	Description
Baremetal product	The underlying host operating system of the Charon emulator product is not visible to users. Licenses must be managed via the provided product GUI.
Cloned software license	A software license is in cloned state if relevant hardware parameters of the host system have been changed. A cloned license is invalid.
Customer-to-Vendor (C2V) file	File containing information about the currently installed license. Sent to Stromasys to request a license update.
Fingerprint file	File containing the hardware characteristics of the system – required for requesting a software license.
Hardware license (HL)	USB dongle containing the license data. Can be easily moved between systems.
HASP	Hardware-assisted software protection (Name of Sentinel/Gemalto licensing products).
Host-based product	The underlying host operating system of the Charon emulator product is visible to users and must be managed by them. Licenses often can be managed via the command-line and a provided product GUI.
Network license	License that a license server can provide to clients on the network. Hardware-based network licenses are red. Software licenses are always network-enabled.
RUS, HASPRUS	License Update Service (Remote Update Service) on Windows.
Sentinel Admin Control Center (ACC)	Web-based GUI to view and manage licenses.
Sentinel Runtime Software	Drivers needed to access a hardware or software license.
Software license (SL)	License installed without a USB dongle. Tied to the hardware of the system for which it was requested.
Vendor-to-Customer (V2C) file	File containing the information needed to install a new software license or to update an existing license. Sent to the customer by Stromasys in response to receiving a C2V file.
Virtual Environment (VE) License server	Licensing alternative optimized for cloud environments. Please refer to Virtual Environment (VE) License Server Documentation.