Wendy,
Relying on logs to track customer's usage of your product would not give
you accurate information always. The customers always can delete the logs
or temper with it. Also, if the product is for NT/2000 systems, the logs
may get overwritten unless the log sizes are set to large enough limit to
hold information for 3 months.
Perhaps, exploring the option of utilizing the license keys for each
component of your product may be a better solution. Especially, if these
keys are time-based and must be renewed every month, you can send new keys
to the customer who have paid for their usage.
Just suggestions....
Nathan
"Xie, Wendy"
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03/11/2002 Subject: [logs] audits logs
09:57 AM
Hi,
I am trying to audit logs for the products in the customer site. We can
only get the logs once every 3 mons.
The purpose of the auditing is to ensure that the customer is using the
products that they have paid.
The products will be shipped to the customers in the CD. It contains all of
the products. The customer suppose to use only the ones that they paid. If
the customers are smart enough, they may use the products without paying
us.
We need to have access protection in the CD.
After researching in this topic. we found that auditing logs will not take
control if the customers remove the starting logs or preserve the starting
logs. We don't have control of their machine.
if anybody has some ideals , please share them with me. I am very
appreciated it.
Thank you in advanced.
Wendy
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