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HostID Type | Security | Flexibility | Notes | ||||||
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Hostname | Low | High | Easy to move. | ||||||
Username | Low | High | Easy to move. | ||||||
IP address | Low | High | Easy to move. This HostID is a good choice if the IP address is static and available. | ||||||
Windows product ID | Low | High | Easy to move. | ||||||
| High | Low | Difficult to move. For optimal security, locking to the BIOS and/or Harddisk HostID is more resistant to abuse; however, these HostIDs can be acquired only on Windows platforms. | ||||||
| High | Low | Difficult to move. For optimal security, locking to the BIOS and/or Harddisk HostID is more resistant to abuse; however, these HostIDs can be acquired only on Windows platforms. | ||||||
Long (Unix-specific locking) | High | Low | Difficult to move. Note: Mac OS X machines which have undergone extensive hardware modifications, for example had their internal hardware components replaced, may irreversibly lose their serial number (Long HostID). This can cause LM-X to fail to check out the license. Therefore, users without a well-defined serial number or those users who lost their serial number are recommended to choose a HostID type other than Long HostID for their licensing purposes. | ||||||
(MAC address of the Ethernet card) | Medium | Low | Difficult to move; however, it is possible to change the MAC address, which somewhat compromises security. Generally a good choice for locking either a node-locked license or a floating license, because almost all machines have an Ethernet card, and information about the Ethernet HostID is available on all platforms. | ||||||
| High | High | Dongles have superior security and flexibility; however, because the dongle is a physical device, it has the risk of being lost or broken. | ||||||
Custom | High | High | Lets you develop your own algorithm to lock the application to custom hardware. | ||||||
AWS Instance ID | High | High | May be somewhat time-consuming. | ||||||
Google Compute Engine | High | High | May be somewhat time-consuming. | ||||||
Azure | High | High | May be somewhat time-consuming. |
Note: For the highest level of security, we recommend that you use as many HostID types as possible. We also recommend using HostID matching to define custom configuration settings more accurately.