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<title>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</title>
<h1> ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 Release Notes</h1>
<p>2003-08-03: Current release is version 2.0.alpha.1</p>

<p>ActiveLock has gone through a major architectural change and rewrite in version 2 with
the goal of achieving better security.</p>

<h2>Features in Alpha 1</h2>
<ul>
   <li>Facility allowing the user program to perform a checksum on ActiveLock prior to using it.  This helps
       detect whether ActiveLock has been tampered.</li>
   <li>Trial and Time expiry licenses are now supported</li>
   <li>Support for different types of license stores.  In Alpha 1, license file storage is implemented.
       Future releases will support Windows Registry has a storage mechanism.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Design Changes</h2>

<ul>
   <li>For better security and flexibility, ActiveLock is now an ActiveX DLL instead of an OCX.</li>
   <li>RSA public key encryption is now being used to encrypt license key and other sensitive information.</li>
   <li>New API has been developed.  See API documentation for details.
</ul>

<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>

<h2>Work in Progress</h2>

<ul>
   <li>Concurrent licensing</li>
   <li>Site licensing</li>
</ul>

<h2>ToDo List</h2>
<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>

<h2>History of ActiveLock</h2>

<h3>Version 1.x (1998-2002)</h3>
<p>TBD</p>

<h3>Version 2.0</h3>
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   <td><b>Date</b></td>
   <td><b>Comment</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>2003/05/01</td>
   <td>New development group is formed to develop ActiveLock Version 2.
       Discussions on features and implementations are discussed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>2003/06/01</td>
   <td>Development begins</td>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>2003/08/04</td>
   <td>ActiveLock 2.0 Alpha 1 is released</td>
</tr>
</table>

<h2>Bug Fixes</h2>
<p>Please refer to API documentation for details.</p>
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