Full Length And Embedded FingerPrints

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## Full Length and Embedded FingerPrints

When you click "Generate" a FingerPrint using the Viewer, you can see all three outputs ("Raw Output", "Full Length FingerPrint" and "Embedded FingerPrint") immediately in the dialog as shown:

Note that the Full-Length FingerPrint is the one used internally by the ClientProtector during authentication processes for the Copy Protection feature. This is a 256-bit value (shown as a hex string). This provides approximately 1.15 * 10^77 unique full-length FingerPrints. This full-length FingerPrint is the FingerPrint used in the list of authorized systems in a Copy-Protected license.

You can also see the embedded FingerPrint. This is a 26-bit value (shown as a decimal string). This provides approximately 67.1 million unique embedded FingerPrints. This embedded FingerPrint is the one that is embedded inside Activation Codes and Authorization Request Codes.