The Web-Activator automates the process of generating Activation Codes for your customers. The GameShield Web-Activator is a CGI application which you deploy on a Windows web-server. The program functions as a CGI stand-alone web-server application that receives client request information on standard input and passes the results back on standard output. Note that the Web-Activator is the "lite" version of an automated back-end. It only performs Activation Code generation. IE: It does not determine if the user has the authority to get an Activation Code. Normally, if you use the Web-Activator, you would provide this authentication functionality yourself. By contrast, the CheckPoint License Server is the "full-strength" fully-automated back end solution to these problems. The data (passed in URL parameters) is evaluated by the Web-Activator, which in turn - creates appropriate response objects. Each request message is handled by a separate instance of the application. This allows you to deploy a single Web-Activator that can manage several licenses simultaneously from the same location. Deploying the GameShield Web-Activator application is relatively trivial and is exactly like deploying any other CGI application module on the web with a few minor considerations. The Interface to the Web-Activator is very simple since there is only a single action in the web-server to use. Once your site assembles the URL string that includes the necessary parameters, you simply call a GET http request on the Web-Activator which in turn - returns a response object containing the Activation Code that you then remit electronically to your customer. The customer never links to the Activation Code Generator directly which enhances security. NOTE: The GameShield Web-Activator comes with the Server and IronWrap Editions of GameShield. |
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