The Stealth License Kit is a COM component designed to aid developers in the license management of their applications. The kit is mainly comprised of two COM classes: the License Key Generator and License Key Manager. The License Key Manager accepts both static license keys and license keys created by the License Key Generator. The key generation can be done manually, through a GUI supplied with the kit, or programmatically by calling the Generator's COM methods, both of which require the input of a secret key known only to the developer along with a string that uniquely identifies the licensee.