AppleShare File Server: Multilaunch Management Utilities



Are there any AppleShare utilities that limit the number of copies made of
applications on the server?

Here are two programs that restrict launch restrictions on AppleShare:

KeyServer

Developed and used at Dartmouth and available from Sassafras Software, is a
launch control package which also provides rwall and motd capability.

LaunchBreak

Developed by the University of Michigan's Computer Aided Engineering
Network, LaunchBreak 1.0.3 is available to not-for-profit educational
institutions.

LaunchBreak's features:

* Monitors the usage and enforces an upper limit for copying
applications on an AppleTalk network.

* Applications running under LaunchBreak can be rendered useless outside
of a site's network, hindering software piracy.

* Applications can be located anywhere on the network.

* Doesn't interfere with legitimate copying of programs for backup.
Applications can be freely copied, although the copied programs are
still subject to control of LaunchBreak.

* The license server can run as a foreground application on an
AppleShare server, or on another machine on the network.

* Remote administration of the license server

* Statistical record keeping on all server transactions.

System Requirements:

* System 6.0 or later

* AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (ADSP).


For more information, search on "Sassafras" or "LaunchBreak"


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012