For Immediate Release: Friday, August 18, 2000

PACE Anti-Piracy Releases Version 2.1 of InterLok for Macintosh and InterLok for Windows
Updates Provide Extra Security, New Support and Compatibility Features

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - August 18, 2000 -- PACE Anti-Piracy Inc., a leader in the development of anti-piracy systems, today released version 2.1 of InterLok® and InterLok® Pro for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The updates add a number of important support and compatibility features, as well as new copy protection architecture to InterLok for Macintosh. Software developers who protect their products with PACE's InterLok system should upgrade to version 2.1 to take advantage of these new features.

New Features: InterLok for Macintosh 2.1

Version 2.1 of InterLok for Macintosh contains several new features, the most important of which are:

  • Fundamental changes to InterLok's architecture have been implemented, making InterLok for Macintosh 2.1 even more secure than previous versions.
  • Support has been added for alternative challenge/response and serial number dictionaries. Software developers can now create their own custom dictionaries or choose from standard, alternate, and numeric dictionaries supplied with the program.
  • The PACE Interface has been extended to support API calls for invoking specific types of authorization. This feature can be useful for developers as an alternative to hot keys by providing a mechanism to programmatically force authorization.

New Features: InterLok for Windows 2.1

Version 2.1 of InterLok for Windows also contains several new features, the most important of which are:

  • Support for Windows 2000 systems.
  • Support for multi-processor systems.
  • Added support for alternative challenge/response and serial number dictionaries. Software developers can now create their own custom dictionaries or choose from standard, alternate and numeric dictionaries supplied with the program.
  • The PACE Interface has been extended to support API calls for invoking specific types of authorization. This feature can be useful for developers as an alternative to hot keys by providing a mechanism to programmatically force authorization.
  • A new purchase method has been added to allow wrapped software to be purchased and authorized via the Internet.

Availability and Pricing

Both InterLok for Macintosh and InterLok for Windows 2.1 are available for download immediately from PACE's web site and is free of charge to current PACE licensees. More information is available about PACE Anti-Piracy and PACE's suite of InterLok products at the company's web site: http://www.paceap.com. PACE Sales may be contacted by phone at (408) 979-9774 x 1.

About PACE Anti-Piracy

PACE Anti-Piracy Inc. is a privately held company based in San Jose, California. Since 1985, PACE has provided software publishers and distributors with high quality solutions for secure software distribution. PACE’s InterLok® suite of products is used by hundreds of world-class software developers and publishers around the world, including Adobe Systems, Agfa, Avid, Corel, Digidesign, Dolby Laboratories, Electronic Arts, Inprise, InstallShield, Liquid Audio, Steinberg, and The Walt Disney Company.


© 2002 PACE Anti-Piracy. InterLok is a registered trademark of PACE Anti-Piracy. All other brand names mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby acknowledged.

NOTE TO EDITORS: PACE Anti-Piracy would be pleased to provide you or your technical/lab manager with evaluation copies of any of our InterLok® products. Please call or e-mail us with your request.

Media Contact:
Laurie Mack
Media Relations
Phone: 831-476-8818
Fax: 831-464-3168
e-mail: laurie@paceap.com