Padlock 2.1 released with Java 1.5 support

[Jason Nichols]

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 possible by the addition of a new
(and pluggable) MAC address provider implementation. The default uses
Java’s built in provisions for acquiring MAC addresses for interfaces
in Java 1.6, and drops back to a secondary method for determining
addresses when using Java 1.5

For those that want a even more control over determining system MACs,
you can simply implement your own provider through the
MacAddressProvider interface.

The default provider also screens out several ranges of addresses used
by virtual machines in an effort to ignore various types of virtual
interfaces.

As usual, please let me know if you’ve got any questions or comments.

Happy Licensing!

Jason Nichols
ja...@padlocksoftware.net