Products and Licenses

License Types: SystemId-based vs Floating Licenses

By default ntop commercial licenses are bound to a systemId that uniquely identifies a system using host information including the CPU type and MAC address of the management NIC. In case a user changes he hardware platform running the license, the systemId changes and thus the license is invalidated. For each orderId, a user can revoke free-of-charge an existing license once. If the hardware platform change more than once, the end user needs to contact ntop that will decide if the license can be furtehr revoked free-of-charge or if a …