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4.8 How to Control the Access to Dongle-Protected
Software (only myUTN-80) or USB Devices (only
myUTN-150) via VLAN
The UTN server supports the use of VLAN (Virtual Local Area
Network). It is useful to divide a physical network into VLANs for
performance and security reasons.
If a VLAN spans multiple switches, you can use so-called VLAN
trunks (VLT). A VLT is used to forward data from different VLANs via
a single connection. Both individual ports and bundled ports can be
used.
The UTN server supports the forwarding of VLAN data via its USB
ports. To do this, the VLANs must be known to the UTN server. After
this, the USB ports used for the forwarding of the data must be
linked to the specified VLANs.
Benefits and
Purpose
The VLANs can be used to control the access to dongle-protected
software (myUTN-80) or USB devices (myUTN-150). This way, a
specified group of network participants can be provided with a
certain amount of dongle-protected software licenses or USB
devices.
Fig. 9: USB port based assignment of VLANs
Example
6 engineers have access
to 3 dongle-protected CAD
software licenses.
3 accountants have access
to one dongle-protected
accounting software.
The access by a
participant to software that
is not intended for this
participant is excluded.
Note
: A USB port can be
connected with only one
participant at a time.