[AccessD] Info: Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to software developers

Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
The first release covers .Net then Win32 exe, Don't know if it will 
cover VBA

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=575&tag=nl.e539

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jul07/07-10slpservices.mspx?rss_fdn=Top%20Stories

The first is the Code Protector SDK. This is a software development 
toolkit with an intuitive user interface, application programming 
interfaces (APIs) and code samples, which will be available at no charge 
from the Microsoft Download Center. A version of it will also be 
included in the next version of Visual Studio, code-named “Orcas.”

This toolkit is specifically designed to help protect and fully 
transform managed code or .NET code. Full code transformation for Win32, 
or native code, is on our product roadmap and will be coming soon, but 
licensing and activation of native code applications will be available 
with the first release. The Code Protector SDK also allows developers to 
easily mark features as “licensable entities” that can later be 
controlled through various kinds of digital licenses, as well as 
providing client-side protection of those licenses.

Next a server product, the Software Licensing and Protection Server, in 
standard and enterprise editions. These allow the ISV to host their own 
servers, create licenses for their products and offer them in very 
flexible scenarios, either directly or through partners. SLP Services 
enables simple creation of machine-based licenses, time-based licenses 
for subscription models and trials, user-based licenses for roaming, as 
well as feature-based licenses — supporting a wide range of business models.

The third major feature is the SLP Online Service. This option allows 
partners to do all of their license management without hosting their own 
servers. We have three different levels of service available on a yearly 
subscription basis. Starting in October, all MSDN Premium subscription 
members will get a free subscription to the SLP Online Service Basic 
edition.

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada