: Since 2014, licenses are node-locked , meaning they are tied to a specific server's serial number and cannot be transferred to another system.
To ensure the license key is properly covered and secured on a paper document, follow these best practices:
This data is hashed using HMAC-SHA1 and encrypted with AES-128 before being Base32 encoded into the final hyphenated key format (e.g., XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XX ). Acquisition Options (2026 Status)