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Compile to exe to hide source code

Stefan Lang

3/30/2006

Hi,

I want to hide my source code under Windows, so I tought that compiling
to an executable file would solve the problem. But I didn't found a way
to do it with Ruby. I have tried 2 solutions:
Exerb -- If you read the 'exe' file, you can see the source code directly.
Ruby2exe -- The complete source is copied temporarily under the %TEMP%
directory.

Does somebody have a way to deploy a file while hiding the source code?
I know that there is a decompiler for a lot of compilers, but I want to
be able to make it harder for people to see the source code (not as easy
as looking to a temporary directory or reading directly an 'exe' file).

Thanks



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3 Answers

Tim Hunter

3/30/2006 12:05:00 AM

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Eric Boucher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to hide my source code under Windows, so I tought that compiling
> to an executable file would solve the problem. But I didn't found a way
> to do it with Ruby. I have tried 2 solutions:
> Exerb -- If you read the 'exe' file, you can see the source code directly.
> Ruby2exe -- The complete source is copied temporarily under the %TEMP%
> directory.
>
> Does somebody have a way to deploy a file while hiding the source code?
> I know that there is a decompiler for a lot of compilers, but I want to
> be able to make it harder for people to see the source code (not as easy
> as looking to a temporary directory or reading directly an 'exe' file).
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

This is a frequently asked question. There is currently no way to do
this with Ruby.

Zach Dennis

3/30/2006 12:10:00 AM

0

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Eric Boucher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to hide my source code under Windows, so I tought that compiling
> to an executable file would solve the problem. But I didn't found a way
> to do it with Ruby. I have tried 2 solutions:
> Exerb -- If you read the 'exe' file, you can see the source code directly.
> Ruby2exe -- The complete source is copied temporarily under the %TEMP%
> directory.
>
> Does somebody have a way to deploy a file while hiding the source code?
> I know that there is a decompiler for a lot of compilers, but I want to
> be able to make it harder for people to see the source code (not as easy
> as looking to a temporary directory or reading directly an 'exe' file).
>

This has been talked abot *alot* on this list. You can search archives for indepth discussions.

Zach
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List Recv

3/30/2006 5:15:00 AM

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Will the efforts at making a Ruby VM help here? I understand that Ruby
2.0 will use bytecode.

What about the current alternate implementations of Ruby (such as the
Java based ones, and the VM based ones) - could they help?