System Folder:Preferences:Authorization Preferences:
This folder contains most of the InterLok related files on an end user’s system. This folder and its contents are created as needed when any InterLok’s software is run.

Responses & Serial Numbers
This human readable text file contains a log of the end user’s machine unique serial numbers. This file can be used by the user to reconstruct their authorizations in the case where they’ve been lost (perhaps if they performed a device level format without backing up the various InterLok backup files). To reenter a serial number, the user can use the serial number hot keys as needed.

Authorization Log
This machine readable, encrypted file contains a log of important PACE authorization activity. Primarily used for debugging, this file logs all errors and significant events that happen during authorization. This log file is "circular", meaning that it is limited to 65k bytes in length and it wraps, replacing older entries as needed.

The format of the log file is proprietary and can only be read by PACE. If you run into problems that look like they are InterLok related, we will likely ask you to provide us with a copy of the log file.

Authorization Temp
As protected software is authorizing, the specific log information for that software is contained in a temporary, uniquely named "Authorization Temp" file. When authorization is complete, the temporary file is merged into the main "Authorization Log" file.

Registration:
If locked software has registration turned on, a copy of its registration information is stored in this folder in a file with the same name as the product name.

Backup:
When authorization information is written, it is backed up to visible, encrypted files in this folder. The files have the same name as the volume where the authorization change was made. These backup files are only used if something drastic happens to the user’s volume and they didn’t backup the invisible backup file on the volume itself (see below).

<<Authorized Volume>>:Auth.bak
This invisible encrypted file is located on the root of the user’s authorized hard drive. Note that there is a carriage return at the end of the name to guarantee that the user can’t create a file of this name from the Finder. If the user drastically changes their hard drive and the InterLok authorization information is lost or damaged, we attempt to restore from this backup file first. If this backup file is not available, we will look in the "System Folder:Authorization Preferences:Backup:" folder for the backup file.