[erlang-questions] "Securing" code in Erlang when deployed on customer's machines

Zabrane Mickael zabrane3@REDACTED
Wed Apr 18 21:09:08 CEST 2012


Thanks Chandru.

Any other hint?

Regards,
Zabrane

On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Chandru wrote:

> The problem with the Quickcheck licensing model (the last time I checked) is that it requires a connection from the server running the code to Quviq's license servers. This is not always possible. If you have this luxury, then just setup an SSL connection to your licensing server and check the license using the MAC address.
> 
> The MAC address can be spoofed, but it probably won't scale if someone really wants to rip you off.
> 
> I'm not aware of a bullet proof way of enforcing license checks on a stand alone system. I've tried, but it just raises the bar I think, not make it impossible :-)
> 
> cheers
> Chandru
> 
> On 18 April 2012 19:08, Zabrane Mickael <zabrane3@REDACTED> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> We're planning to deploy our proprietary HTTP/1.1 WebServer (of course in Erlang ;-)) on a customer website
> next month.
> 
> For that, we would like to create a licensing system to ensure that it will not be deployed elsewhere.
> 
> Someone offlist told me that "QuickCheck" has a very good licensing system to protect their code
> and manage the number of allowed users. Unfortunately, I don't know how it works.
> 
> Any hints? Any code?
> 
> Regards,
> Zabrane
> 
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