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May 05, 2023

We've recently updated our ubuntu version from ubuntu20 --> ubuntu22. Whereas ubuntu20 used openssl version v1, ubuntu22 uses openssl version v3. We noticed that we get an error during compilation of the FlexNet Embedded library, particularly inside ...

Apr 25, 2023

We understand that the publisher identity is the root of the licensing technology's security and that the client and client server identity file are derived from it. In general - we suppose - that the publisher identity (identity_backoffice.bin) can ...

Apr 09, 2023

Our software product consists of several licensed applications which will all query our internal license proxy that in turn uses the FNE SDK to perform licensing operations. Thus applications can use the same interface for licensing operations (e.g. ...

Mar 20, 2023

Hi @jberthold - we are looking for a solution for floating licenses (initially for offline devices) and have looked into different options such as your local license server. Unfortunately the java-based license server application cannot be used as yo...

Mar 14, 2023

Currently the license server is provided as windows and linux binaries for x86. However we would like to run the license server on ARM and wanted to know if there are any plans to support this in the future. Is there anything planned? If so, what wou...

May 16, 2023

Hi @jberthold and thanks again for an answer to a question I've already asked a few times. Working on the security department of our products, we have to understand risks and would require some sort of incident response. That's why those two question...

May 09, 2023

@jberthold - do you havev an answer to what would need to happen if the client / server identity file is compromised? Is there a way to "revoke" it? Is there a way to update it without updating the backoffice and client identity files?

Mar 30, 2023

Hi @jberthold,what do you mean with basic counting capability. What I am refering to is the "Server.c" file inside the FlexNet Embedded Client (flexnet_client-x64_linux/windows.zip) - see the attached image for a file tree of the flexnet folder. The ...

Mar 23, 2023

I'm asking because the client-server identity file (seen when parsed with the printbin.bat tool) contains a private key. Now we were wondering if we could really compile the client-server identity file containing the private key directly into our app...

Mar 23, 2023

@jberthold - thanks, that would definitely help us with our pending decision! Could you give some insights about the handling of the client-server identity file, associated risks (e.g. upon theft) and whether it would be required on the license serve...

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