Device

A device specific machine or unique environment owned or controlled by a customer that consumes a license. It’s the bridge between who owns the license and where the license is actually used.

Device fingerprints are up to your discretion, such as using the devices IP address or hardware ID. Aufority only stores a SHA256 hash of the data it receives.

All device-related functionality including hardware ID (HWID) generation, collection, validation, and submission is the responsibility of the integrating developer. Aufority exposes backend primitives for associating licenses with devices, but the design, security, and correctness of device identification logic are entirely determined by the customer’s implementation. Developers are expected to implement HWID gathering in a manner appropriate for their platform and threat model. Aufority only stores the hash of such information.