It is once again my pleasure to announce another release of the Padlock License Manager for Java. This release in particular gives me great joy as it has support for Java 1.5 right out of the box, including the MAC address locking previously only supported with Java 1.6+.
Hardware locking on Java 1.5 is made [...]
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Padlock 1.3 is now available from the Padlock Download page. This point release contains two bug fixes that affects various end users in the field. All Padlock 1.x customers are encouraged to update their build dependencies with Padlock 1.3 when possible.
Both bugs are related to date modification detection:
1) The first bug manifests itself as a [...]
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It’s with great excitement that I announce Padlock’s first open source initiative – Padlock License Vault.
The short story: Padlock’s License Vault is a new technology for the storage and archival of both Padlock keys and licenses. It’s based on the venerable Apache CouchDB. For those unfamiliar with CouchDB, it’s an Erlang based document server that utilizes JSON [...]
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Padlock 2.0.2 is officially available today, and contains several minor bug fixes. Users who utilize Padlock Manager are encouraged to update.
Fixes:
- Fix in Padlock Core for two bugs 1) Padlock API did not offer a method to set the location of the Padlock.lic file and 2) KeyManager import was not throwing an exception when [...]
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Padlock 2.0.1 is now available for download. This minor update fixes a bug in the core library affecting only a small subset of users.
Specifically: Padlock 1.x customers who were attempting to use their older, RSA based licenses for Padlock 2.0 were getting validation errors. This update corrects this and allows them to use their [...]
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It’s the result of 9 months of work, but the new Padlock License
Manager 2.0 is now available. Padlock has been rewritten from the
ground up to be more flexible, extensible, and feature filled. I’m
proud to say that Padlock now offers:
A new DSA based license format. This means Padlock now works out of
the box [...]
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I’m pleased to announce that as of today Padlock 2.0 has hit the feature freeze stage! The only changes prior to the official release (which will be the later half of this month) will be JavaDoc updates and bug fixes. I’ve just wrapped up development of the new UI (now called Padlock Manager) and I [...]
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It’s my pleasure to make available the latest milestone build of the upcoming Padlock 2.0 release. The past 3 months have been busy updating the core Padlock library as well as a complete re-write of the PadlockUI (now known as Padlock Manager). This will likely be the last Milestone release for 2.0, with the [...]
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Not long ago I had a real life run in with apparent versus true security. It happened when my 6 year old son accidentally locked his bedroom door while standing in the hallway. He had locked himself (and the rest of us) out of the room. Now, most bedrooms here in the [...]
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2010 has finally rolled in (with absolutely freezing temperatures here in the Poconos). Padlock wrapped up its first year of business with success, and it’s with great pleasure the holiday lull is over and work continues on Padlock 2.0 and beyond. Currently, the API is nearing what I would consider stable I’m moving [...]
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