Summary

Starting with FlexNet Publisher 11.19.3 (shared HASP dongle driver version 8.53 and DLLs version 8.5), the dongle DLL will not be backwards compatible with FlexNet Publisher11.19.2 and older versions of clients.

Symptoms

Starting with FlexNet Publisher 11.19.3, the SafeNet Dongle Drivers are not compatible, and the error ALADDIN DLL Signature not matched is displayed when trying to fetch the Aladdin-id from the older FlexNet Publisher client kit with the latest driver 8.53 and haspsrm_win64.dll version 8.5 installed.

As per the FlexNet Publisher 2023 R1 11.19.3 Release Notes (February 2023), this is a known dongle issue due to the change in the DLL signature from "Symantec" to "DigiCert". 

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download and extract the latest FlexNet Publisher toolkit 11.19.3 and build the toolkit for DONGLE:
   
   nmake -f makefile.act DONGLE=1
   
   
2. Install the latest Aladdin dongle device driver 8.53 and place the haspsrm_win64.dll or haspsrm_win32.dll (version 8.5) to C:\Windows\SysWOW64 or C:\Windows\System32


3.  Plug dongle 9 into the device and run lmhostid -flexid -long to fetch from dongle 9 device.
   
   
4. Now, try fetching flexid using the older version kit and observer the error: ALADDIN DLL Signature not matched
   
   

Workaround

In the case of backward compatibility support, try to use old DLLs (version less than 8.5) with the latest drivers 8.53 to support older clients.