topic Visual Fortran in a secure and unsecured environment in Intel® Fortran Compiler

Visual Fortran in a secure and unsecured environment

Dave_A__from_Lifeboa — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:12:25 GMT

Customer writes:

I am with the Missile Defense Agency, part of the Department of Defense. I need information concerning the various licensing options for Intel Visual Fortran. We are dealing with unclassified desktops, classified desktops, and classified laptops. Does a floating license cover all of these possibilities? For example, would a 5-user floating network license cover 5 users regardless of which type of system they were using?

Please advise.

Thanks.....Dave Armstrong Lifeboat Distribution.

Visual Fortran in a secure and unsecured environment

Steven_L_Intel1 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:28:13 GMT

The only thing that a floating license cares about is whether the compiler can contact the license server on the customer network. I would assume that there would be firewalls or separate networks for classified and unclassified systems that may prevent such communication, but only the customer knows for sure.

When the compiler starts, it looks to see where its license is stored. If it is a floating license, it reads the list of license servers (one or three) from the local license file and connects to the server(s) to take out a license. If the compiler can't make that connection, it cannot take out the license. The customer would need to understand the local network configuration to determine if such requests would get through.

Though the customer did not ask, I'll comment that for systems that are not connected to the Internet we offer a "remote activation" scheme where, during the install, the installer displays an alphanumeric code that is then taken to a system on the Internet and entered into a form at the Intel Registration Center. This will provide a response that is then taken back to the off-net system to complete the process. This is for non-floating licenses - for floating licenses the local license administrator would provide a license file or other means of identifying the local license server.

Does this help?

Visual Fortran in a secure and unsecured environment

Dave_A__from_Lifeboa — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:14:48 GMT

Thanks Steve, let me get back to the customer with this, see if there are additional questions.

Thank you,

Dave A. from Lifeboat.