Avaya S8100 User Manual

Software copy-protection mechanisms

This chapter provides information about software copy protection for an Avaya S8100 Media Server.

This section provides information about software copy-protection methods for the installation, repair, and 
upgrade of procedures related to the TSC/COE.

Copying software from one machine to another is more of an issue with S8100’s Windows 2000 Server 
platform running the 3 primary applications (DEFINITY, INTUITY AUDIX, and Avaya Site 
Administration) than with a proprietary system.

Security measures add a level of impedance (time, money, expertise, etc.) to the process to discourage 
copying without permission. The possibility exists for someone with physical access to break into a 
system. There are 2 types of software protection in the S8100 environment: feature and copy protection.

Feature protection has specific feature protection capabilities or capacities within an application. It 
controls the capabilities provided by the application. As an example, the copy protection for DEFINITY 
feature translations supports a “customer options” administration form to tailor operation of DEFINITY 
to a specific customer.

Copy protection prevents software copying. A special mechanism associated with an S8100’s license file 
prevents the software from running on other systems.