# Servoy security using a licence?

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-security-using-a-licence/21219>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-security-using-a-licence/21219 "2024-04-18T18:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![alasdairs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@alasdairs](https://forum.servoy.com/u/alasdairs)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-security-using-a-licence/21219/1 "2024-04-18T18:27:12Z")

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Hi all,

I recently found out that the servoy security module is using a headless client on the server it’s running on, and I was wondering whether it’s actually using a licence or whether it’s separate?  
If it’s using a licence, is there any way to use the svySecurity module without using the licence or would that break the security?

Thanks,  
Alasdair

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**Author:** ![mboegem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/mboegem/32/4399_2.png) [@mboegem](https://forum.servoy.com/u/mboegem)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-security-using-a-licence/21219/2 "2024-04-19T06:39:30Z")

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Hi Alasdair,

every client (no matter which type) is using a license.  
I don’t use the security module myself, but if the headless client is spawned and closed after its job (like the authenticator module), then it shouldn’t be much of a problem.

If the headless client keeps running, then you need to find out what it’s doing in order to tell if you can do without.

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**Author:** ![rafig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/rafig/32/4463_2.png) [@rafig](https://forum.servoy.com/u/rafig)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servoy-security-using-a-licence/21219/3 "2024-04-19T14:28:12Z")

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Hi Alasdair,  
Yes!  
svySecurity does use a client licence.  
When someone tries to open your solution, it opens the svySecurity module to allow login & that stays running as a headless client.  
You could probably get it to quit after a while, but it would just open up again when next person tries to login…