Virtual Dongle Server

[Amatista Sheeley]

Thesoftware we use requires the hardware key at all times, unfortunately, there are no other licensing options for these applications (I asked specifically if we could just get a site license, but no.)

We use Hyper-V on Server 2012 here. To connect all of our USB dongles(4 HASP License keys) to the virtual machines, I use a USB Hub and this software -over-ethernet.com/ . I have tried other USB of Ethernet software and I like the one I mentioned the best.

With this sort of solution you can maintain the separation of the VM from the physical host and you can scale it out as big as you need. You can even test that this works before you virtualise by testing this on a server that you are currently using.

If you did, can you please confirm if it works with Sentinel HASP HL dongle?

I bought a Lindy USB server, and so far have had no luck. I can see the USB device, and install the drivers, but the software does not see it.

The gist of it is to simply plug the dongle into a host, add a USB controller to the VM and then add a USB device. Since my security dongle was the only USB device in the farm it was the only option when adding the USB device. The software in question is not mission critical and is of no concern to DR plans.

If I can VM it and having it work with the remote dongle product, then the plan is to do exactly that. Plus, create the potential to export or migrate as required. But, until now, I have not been able to get past the physical dongle requirement.

Just so you understand, NetWare Connect was hideously expensive and sucked. ArcSwerve made a FAX product called ArcFAX, it sucked and caused ABENDs in addition to being expensive. ZetaFAX was a kind of hacked up Win16 port to NT, but it worked GREAT. Between RAS and ZetaFAX, serial communications was one BIG vector for NT infecting business networks.

So, there appear to be several solutions out there. I like the SEH Dongle Vault for the way it centralizes keys in the server room. But the AnywhereUSB is cheaper. AND, it has a model that also puts serial ports over IP.

Hardware dongle servers have a substantive limitation on the number of users that can access the dongle in a typical point-to-point network connection: only one at a time. Luckily, there is a more versatile and user-friendly software alternative called Donglify. With its help, you can even redirect USB security keys over the Internet!

You may be wondering how a USB dongle server works? A dongle server is a hardware device that is used to make USB dongles available on your network. A network USB dongle server eliminates concerns regarding cable lengths or the physical location of a USB dongle.

The SEH dongleserver Pro enables users to securely access license dongles over a network. The device is meant to be used in small offices and can hold up to eight USB dongles. The unit includes a lockable housing to ensure the safety of the security dongles.

The finite number of ports and lack of a multi-connect feature on a hardware dongle server can limit the viability of this solution. If you want to know how to build a dongle server without these limitations, you should consider using dongle server software.

This type of specialized application enables a physical USB security dongle to be shared across the network through virtualization techniques. Dongle server software eliminates the need for additional hardware and enables any number of network-attached dongles to be shared remotely.

I wonder if it is possible to download the Virtualradar server and run it without any technical problems. And how does it work? Is there a video or website explaining these steps because my technical background in computers is simple?

What are the pros and cons of using a virtual radar server?

Can Virtualradar Server be downloaded on MacOS?

VRS is a freestanding application that collects data from your dump1090 instance and allows you to do other things with it. A lot of people seem to like its ability to write the received data to a database so that they can use it in other ways.

I run it on a Debian Linux virtual machine and use it for its map views that are slightly different from tar1090 and the default FA maps, and use the data that it collects to feed PlaneFinder. If I was starting from scratch with ADSB and know what I know now, I doubt I would set it up again unless I had already completed every other project that competes for my time.

Virtuality is defined as the property of an object not to physically exist in the form it appears to. The virtual object however has the same nature and effect as the object which really exists. In the IT sector, virtuality refers to an additional environment (virtual machine) on a real computer in which another computer virtually exists and runs its own operating system. The virtual computer shares the available resources with the real computer and other virtual environments installed on the computer. Within the scope of virtualization, a computer physically connected to the network can be configured to allow multiple persons to log on to it and share its applications and resources (terminal server). The aim is to use the available resources as efficiently as possible. And this is the decisive point: Multiple use of resources in a virtual environment inevitably means multiple use of licensed software which is a violation of its terms of use. The software vendor must therefore endeavor to find a simple yet long-term solution to this problem.

CodeMeter software protection and licensing solutions from Wibu-Systems provide software vendors with the tools they need to protect their intended license models from violation in a virtual environment.

CodeMeter supports the use of both hardware (CmDongle/CmCard) and software based protection solutions (CmActLicense) in the virtual environment. The general aim is to make sure licenses are only visible where they are allowed to be used. Unfortunately there is a serious discrepancy here between the hardware and software solution: Whereas a CmDongle contains and protects an actual license, the software equivalent is directly stored on a system and is copied whenever a virtual system is created or cloned. The only way to prevent this is to devise some way to tie a software license to a virtual machine.

And this is exactly what Wibu-Systems has done with SmartBind. This system, which benefits from many years of experience and for which a patent has been filed, ties a software license to hardware. It not only binds the software license to various hardware features of a computer but also to features particularly relevant to virtual environments. The probability now of successfully recognizing a clone increases to 98 per cent. A license which has been copied or moved as a result of cloning can now be safely invalidated.

A virtual machine implemented as a network license server offers major benefits in terms of efficiency and utilization by allocating and monitoring the available licenses in the network. A license server can also be used in heterogeneous networks containing real machines with diverse operating systems, and virtual environments and terminal servers.

Licenses can be made available in a virtual environment using various kinds of techniques. For example, if a CmDongle with local licenses is allocated to a specific guest of a host system, the licenses are only visible to this guest. On the other hand, network licenses stored on a host system can be accessed by the host and all the guests installed on that host.

A prerequisite for using licenses on either system is the installation of the CodeMeter service on both the host and guest system. This ensures secure communication between the individual components and correct calculation of the number of licenses in use.

Flexible technology means different virtual systems can be connected together. Network licenses allocated to the host system via a dongle can be made available to other host and guest systems located in the same network. Allocation of local licenses on the other hand is restricted to the respective local system.

Dongle servers are another way of allocating licenses in a network. Hardware dongles cannot be used in certain situations such as cloud solutions because they cannot be physically plugged into a computer. The question then arises, why not use a dongle over the network? Security can be guaranteed by encrypting the communication and exclusively assigning the dongle to a single user.

A lot of workloads running on-premises and in multi-cloud environments requireconnections to virtual machines (VMs) running in Microsoft Azure. To connect aserver to an Azure Virtual Network, you have several options, includingSite-to-Site VPN, Azure Express Route, and Point-to-Site VPN.

Windows Admin Center and Azure Network Adapter provide a one-click experience toconnect the server with your virtual network using a Point-to-SiteVPNconnection. The process automates configuring the virtual network gateway and the on-premises VPN client.

Azure Network Adapter Point-to-Site VPN connections are useful when you want toconnect to your virtual network from a remote location, such as a branch office,store, or other location. You can also use Azure Network Adapter instead of aSite-to-Site VPN when you require only a few servers to connectto a virtual network. Azure Network Adapter connections don't require a VPNdevice or a public-facing IP address.

The client address pool is a range of private IP addresses that you specify. The clients that connect over a Point-to-Site VPN dynamically receive an IP address from this range. Use a private IP address range that does not overlap with the on-premises location that you connect from, or the virtual network that you want to connect to. We recommend using IP addresses that are in the ranges designated for private networks (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, or 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255).

If there is no existing Azure Virtual Network gateway, Windows Admin Center creates one for you. The setup process can take up to 25 minutes. After the Azure Network Adapter is created, you can start to access VMs in the virtual network directly from your server.

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