ralf
9/26/2006 3:19:00 PM
Joe Black schrieb:
> Hi all
> any one know how to encrypt ruby source code.
> regards
>
Hi Joe,
encoding you code to protect your intellectual property seems to be a
good thing. But I do not expect it to realy work:
1. Security by obfuscation is surely not the ultimate weapon. You
cannot be sure, that the obfuscation work. A skilled Hacker can get
the code out of a compiled C- or Java-library.
2. How do you check the integrity of your code? If it's encoded, you
propably need the knowledge of other people, you HAVE to trust. If it's
text, you can do that on your own.
3. Where is the key to decode your app? It propalby lies on the same
machine, where the app should run. this leads to -->>
4. On what OS should your app run? Is it secure enough?
5. Does the company have a policy, what to do while a break-in is
detected? Does they detect that anyway?
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N. You cannot be sure, so choose a license, that fits your needs and
distribute exactly what you've coded: text.
best regards
Ralf