SecureLM

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SecureLM is a registered trademark for Secured Dimensions (a Microsoft subsidiary). SecureLM is a software package which has four solutions for software life-cycle management. SecureLM uses Virtual Machines to obfuscate a program's source code making it safe from hacking and cracking. SecureLM is .NET and .NET2 certified, it also work with the Visual Basic platforms, C#, Java and web applications.

[edit] Features

The features of SecureLM are

Software Code Protection
Software Packaging
Software Life-cycle Control
Software Licensing

Code Protector transforms .NET's Intermediate Language (MSIL) code into a virtual machine that is specific to each software user. If a hacker is able to reverse engineer the virtual machine and crack the source code, the cracked software would only be able to run on that specific computer.

SecureLM Software Packaging enables .Net software developers to package their solutions discerningly as well as license them on a trial basis. The evaluation copies are incorporated into the potential user site seamlessly while making sure that no valuable code is dispersed. This type of package design enables publishers to distribute just the functions and features that new customers need without making them pay for unnecessary features.

SecureLM software life-cycle control provides software publishers with the tools that they need to be able to gain visibility and reports about customers and their software usage. Software publishers and their customers can directly monitor software provisioning and usage. Also, management can have access to real-time information pertaining the number of new licenses generated, license expiry times, most popular packages, etc.

SecureLM software licensing allows software publishers to tailor pricing packages and sell licenses based on software functionality. SecureLM. Utility pricing models can be set up simply in order to allow customers to pay only for what they use.