CrypKey Launches Casper BlackBox

CrypKey Unleashes Mini-PC Loaded For Integrated Software Security

New License Management Solution Combines Software & Hardware for Automated 24/7 Security

(Nov. 30, 2003) -- CrypKey, global leader in software license management solutions, has unleashed its latest software security innovation, Casper BlackBox-an industry-first integrated security solution designed to offer the ultimate in convenience and customization to software developers and vendors.

Casper BlackBox is an integrated software license management solution that includes software copy protection, automated transaction authorization, pre-paid serial number or credit card processing -- and the hardware to run it.

Essentially a small computer, slightly smaller than a notebook, Casper BlackBox features the popular Casper (CrypKey Automated Software Purchasing & Electronic Registration) software, which offers e-commerce capability by automating the authorization and purchase of CrypKey-protected products by either serial number or credit card processing. Its primary benefit is that software vendors can customize security specifications, which are then pre-configured by CrypKey, and then simply plug Casper BlackBox into their network, allowing CrypKey software to manage product licensing and authorization activities around the clock, seven days a week.

Casper BlackBox comes in two varieties. Casper BlackBox eRegister offers automatic authorization and verification of CrypKey-protected products using serial numbers. Casper BlackBox eCommerce, which provides automatic authorization and verifies credit card processing of CrypKey-protected products.

CrypKey CEO Jim McCartney notes that Casper BlackBox is ideal for software vendors who require an integrated automated solution to sell their software products 24-7 via the Internet. "This is a high-end product that combines all the features of CrypKey security products in one little box. It is designed to allow a vendor's software to sell itself seven days a week without illegal licensing or copy concerns, regardless of whether the vendor is at work or elsewhere," explains McCartney.

This convenience factor offered by Casper software, which is included with Casper BlackBox, led CrypKey to develop a print ad campaign featuring the query, "What will you do with your time when your software sells itself?" -- hinting that software vendors or managers can relax at the beach while their software sells itself, without having to worry about unauthorized usage of their product.

CrypKey (Canada) Inc. developed the industry-first software only based encryption model as an alternative to the more common hardware-based protection and developed the world's first "CloneBuster" embedded program offering stealth features.

CrypKey (Canada) Inc. is the world leader in software license management providing copy protection and software authorization tools including easy licensing, dynamic multi-key encryption, "CloneBuster" technology and enhanced anti-hacking features for the vertical software market. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CrypKey has 3,000+ clients in 60+ countries including Cadence, Caterpillar, Du Pont, Eaton, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Honeywell, IBM, Microsoft, Minolta, Nokia, 3M and thousands more. For more information, see www.crypkey.com.

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