Licensing

How our licensing works

What you get when you buy, what the application checks, and what that check actually sends.

STIGreviewerFree, permanently. Windows and macOS. Signed MSIX and .pkg installers. No licence key and no licence check.
NESSviewerBeta: Windows, signed MSIX. Current release: Windows, single-file EXE or MSIX, .NET Framework 4.6 or higher.
STIGrevolutionWindows, single-file EXE or MSIX, .NET Framework 4.7.1 or higher.
Licence term365 days from the date of purchase. One activation per key unless stated otherwise.
Free trial14 days per computer for the paid products, no key required to start.
What leaves your machineA computer ID and your licence key, sent to the licensing server over port 443. Your checklists and scan data are not transmitted. You work on local copies.

Licence keys

When you purchase a licence you receive a licence key. Keys are good for one activation unless otherwise indicated, and allow use of the application for 365 days from the date of purchase. At the end of that period you’ll need a new licence to continue.

Licence status is on the licence tab in the application: activation status, days remaining, and the key in use.

Keep your keys somewhere safe. We’ll make every reasonable attempt to help if one is lost, but we can’t be responsible for keys that can’t be retrieved.

The licence check

On launch, the application generates a computer ID derived from the hardware and sends it, with your licence key, to the licensing server over port 443. That is the only outbound connection it makes. Your checklists and scan data stay on your machine.

Then one of four things happens:

  • The licence is valid for this computer: the application loads.
  • The licence has never been used: it’s associated with this computer ID, and from then on it’s valid only here.
  • The licence is already activated elsewhere: you get an error and the application closes. Return the licence on the other machine first.
  • No licence was provided: the computer ID is checked against trial status, and the application runs for 14 days. Once a computer has been activated, it can’t go back to trial status.

The application detects and uses proxy settings automatically where one is required to reach the licensing server. If you’re behind a proxy and can’t connect,get in touch and we’ll help.

Moving a licence to another computer

Go to the licence tab and click Return License. Save your licence key before you do. Once returned, the application won’t run on that machine until the key is entered again.

Questions about licensing?

Contact us at mail@stigsolution.com. Purchase is subject to the Terms of Use andEULA.