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• Download / view here the 41Kb PDF-file: Keybuster Keys Security.pdf 
  which explains raw security issues.
  

• Go to our developer forum here and see the code samples

Internet site Keybuster.com
The Internet site provides access to the core product of Keybuster.com: keys.
It provides a place for the creation, modification, deletion, activation and payment of software / license keys. These keys can be used to control, activate, store information or any other possible function inside the software you developed. It could create 1 key for your application, or for your website, for your on-line game, for your on-line MPEG file, for you on-line video etc.
Then, the 1 line of code in your application (or service) will check if the key is valid. 

For example in pseudocode: 
{if keybuster.license.key12345=valid then show rest_of_my_site} 

Your application connects to our server and simply checks if the key is valid for the time-span and other specific properties that are entered during creation of the key.

From that point on you can use a key at least for 1 year, for virtually an unlimited amount of "checks" or "connects" you can point your software to this key that was created and every time it will check if the key is valid for the conditions you entered during creation.

Cost
Total cost for this license activated solution? The fixed fee of 2 Euro 5 minutes for the creation of the embedded code on your end. 
Again: you can call this key and our server a million times, but all you invested is that one-time only fee and that one-time only code. The limit on the duration of a key is 12 months. However if you have special wishes please contact us.

Why Keybuster.com?
Most of the protection examples you can think of, include the actual method of protection inside itself too. Over and over again. For example most license protected software include software routines for checking the key that was typed in. Most software already connects to the Internet to check the registration, but every software developer now writes his own key creation software, his own server key checking and updating software, his own registration notification e-mail software and we can continue forever.

When do keys expire?
Keybuster feels that this could be done easier. Not only for the large software developer, but also for the small individual developer we provide tools and service to simply create and maintain your keys as well as to check if it is valid inside you software. Permanently of dynamic validation, both is possible.
You can create the keys on the Keybuster site or inside the stand-alone application in several seconds. Then add the 1 line of code in your source code, compile and distribute it and you are ready. When you decide a particular customer must be upgraded to another service level or perhaps may not use your software anymore, you can go to our site and change the status of key whenever you want to.

You can give away trail software that simply stops when the key has expired in 1 day, 7 days, 30 days, you name it. Or you can be notified by Keybuster when one or more keys will expire in the near of more present future.

You can create a video that plays on your website and can only be viewed once after payment. Just integrated a one-time-only key in your server software or inside the DVD playback software and Keybuster will give a "valid" or "not valid" status once the DVD is activated and, depending on your software code settings.

For example you sell an application that stores and displays Stocks and Bonds, and you use 3 different keys for that software: 1 key for all general customers, 1 key for special customers with special functions, and 1 key for administration purposes.

Then you decide to add a special feature "Advised Strong Buy" that can be plugged in your existing software easily. If you want to charge your clients for this new feature, you can simply create 3 new keys. But then you will have to update the hardcoded existing keys in your software. You can also make 1 new key and add a key-checking line inside your new feature for each customer that has payed for it through a service of your choice. 

Client security 
Keybuster does not provide payments services, nor does it store or maintain customer information or personal data on the clients. We do however store, maintain and analyze client IP addresses and behaviour as part of our maintanance and improvement program. As well as for security issues and concurrent usage options we maintain and update a table for specific misbehaviour and suspicious conduct. That is part of our backoffice and can not be accessed publicly. 

• Key Setup (enabled = true)
  • accesses = 0
• Client program accesses key (any call by ?k=digest)
  • accesses = accesses + 1
  • if accesses > 0 then key is activated (used) and not editable

• Key Setup (enabled = false)
  • accesses = 0
• Client program accesses key (any call by ?k=digest)
  • redirect to relative application's fault page
  • key accesses remain at 0 (unused, deactivated)

Have a look at the restricted area on our site and check out the environment and how easy it is to set up some keys. The server itself can be as strict as you wish, if there are special demands
we have seperate servers and a secure (https) server  to offer as well.
At the moment we back up the database daily and of course we use UPS and Hot Swap back up media to ensure the data.

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