Re: Java-based license managers

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Mike Silvers wrote:

>Sounds like you might have to write your own :(  I wrote one in RPG --
>but you could do the same in Java.  You can use the toolkit to retrieve
>the system values (model, serial number) and an API if you would like to
>retrieve the processor type... Then create an algorithm to create a
>license key -- read a file from their local drive and compare the values
>-- then you would have the license check that is unique to their 400. 
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
>Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:48 AM
>To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
>Subject: Re: Java-based license managers
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>On 14/07/2005, at 2:11 AM, James H H Lampert wrote:
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>>Anybody got any familiarity with Java-based, platform-independent 
>>license managers?
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>No, and I know this is the Java list but ...
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>>We've got a Java-based AS/400-connectivity product we'd like to be 
>>able to release, but without any AS/400-resident components, we can't 
>>very well tie the authorization code to a specific model/serial/LPAR, 
>>the way we do our other products.
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>Why not create a very thin host component containing only a product 
>library, product definition, and product load objects? Then you can 
>call the OS/400 licensing APIs from Java via the Remote Command Host 
>Server to verify or acquire a licence.
>
>Regards,
>Simon Coulter.
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