Managing license keys

The right to use Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway is determined by the license key.

The key is included in the product’s distribution kit and entitles you to use the application from the day you have purchased it and installed the key.

Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway WILL NOT work without a license key!

After the license expires, the functionality of the application will still be preserved except for the possibility to update the anti-virus databases. You will still be able to scan email messages for viruses and disinfect infected objects, but you will be unable to use the databases issued after your license expiration date. Therefore, you may not be protected against new viruses that have appeared after your license expired.

In order to protect your computer against new viruses, we recommend that you renew the license to use Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway.

The license key gives you the right to use the application. It contains all information related to the license you have purchased, including the type of license, license expiry date, information about dealers, etc.

In addition to the right to use the application during the license period, you will have the following benefits:

• twenty-four-hour technical support

• hourly updates of the anti-virus databases

• timely notifications about new virus threats.

DNS black list service (RBL, real time black hole list) is a database of IP addresses of mail servers performing unchecked mail delivery. If a certain address is constantly being used for sending spam and administration of the server used for spam distribution takes no steps to prevent that, you can inform RBL about the spammer. The latter will be added to the database and the record will allow automatic blocking of mail receipt from that mail server. Various RBL services use different policies for generation of such lists. Please examine carefully the policy of each service before you start using it for mail filtration.

Therefore it is essential to extend in time your license to use Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway. You can also install an additional key. The application will start using it as soon as the current active key expires (see section 4.4.2 on p. 49).

4.4.1. Viewing information about license keys

You can view information about the installed license keys in the reports of the smtpgw component. Each time the component starts, smtpgw loads the license key information and displays it in the report .

A more detailed information about the status of the license keys may be obtained using licensemanager, a special component of the application.

All information about keys may be viewed either on the server’s console, or remotely from any networked computer that has access to the Webmin module.

To view information about all installed license keys, enter the following in the command line:

# licensemanager –s

In the server console, you will see information similar to the following:

Kaspersky license manager. Version 5.5.0.0/RELEASE Copyright (C) Kaspersky Lab. 1998-2005.

Active key info:

Product name: Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway 1 month Key file 00053BC3.key

Type: Commercial

Expiration date: 17-03-2005, expires in 60 days Serial: 02B1-000454-00053BC

Additional key info:

Product name: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5 Business Optimal 1 month

Key file 00053E3D.key Type: Commercial

Expiration date: expired Serial: 02B1-000454-00053E3

To view information about a license key, enter, for example, the following in the command line:

# licensemanager -k 00053E3D.key

where 00053E3D.key is the name of the license key file.

In the server console, you will see information similar to the following:

Kaspersky license manager. Version 5.5.0.0/RELEASE Copyright (C) Kaspersky Lab. 1998-2005.

Product name: Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway 1 month Creation date: 23-07-2004

Expiration date: 21-11-2004 Serial 02B1-000454-00053E3 Type: Commercial

Lifespan: 30

4.4.2. Renewing your license

Renewal of the license to use Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway will give you the right to re-enable full product functionality. Besides, additional services listed in section 4.4 on p. 47 will be resumed.

The license term depends on the product you bought and the type of the license you purchased. The license for Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway is usually issued for one year.

To renew the license for Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway:

Contact the company that sold you the product and renew your license for Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway.

or:

Purchase a license directly from Kaspersky Lab. Write a letter of request to the Sales Department of our company at [email protected] or fill in the corresponding form on our website (www.kaspersky.com), section E-Store Æ Renew Your License. After your payment is received, we will send a license key to the email address indicated in the corresponding field of your license renewal form.

After you have purchased the license key, you will have to copy it to the directory specified as the value of the LicensePath parameter in section [path] of the application configuration file and to install it using the licensemanager utility.

To install a new license key, enter, for example, the following in the command line:

# licensemanager -a 00053E3D.key

where 00053E3D.key is the name of the license key file.

If the installation is successful, the following (or similar) information will be displayed on the server console:

Kaspersky license manager. Version 5.5.0.0/RELEASE Copyright (C) Kaspersky Lab. 1998-2005.

Key file 00053E3D.key is successfully registered

We recommend that you update the anti-virus databases after the installation.

If you want to install a new license key before the current license key expires, you can add it as a backup license key. The backup key will be activated immediately after the current one expires. The term of validity for the additional key starts from the activation date. You can install only one backup key.

If you have installed two keys (the current and an additional one), you can view information about the installed active and backup keys in the server console.

4.4.3. Removing a license key

To remove the current license key, enter the following in the command line:

# licensemanager –da

If the component removes the license key successfully, the following (or similar) information will be displayed on the server console:

Kaspersky license manager. Version 5.5.0.0/RELEASE Copyright (C) Kaspersky Lab. 1998-2005.

Active key was successfully removed

If you have installed two keys (the current and an additional one), then removal of the current key causes automatic removal of the additional one as well.

To remove a backup key, enter the following in the command line:

# licensemanager –dr

The server console will display the following (or similar) information:

Kaspersky license manager. Version 5.5.0.0/RELEASE Copyright (C) Kaspersky Lab. 1998-2005.

Additional key was successfully removed