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| From | Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: obviscating python code for distribution |
| Date | 2011-05-18 08:36 +0100 |
| Organization | University of Bergen |
| Message-ID | <5h9ca8-ekq.ln1@svn.schaathun.net> (permalink) |
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On Mon, 16 May 2011 23:42:40 +0100, Rhodri James <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> wrote: : ...which is, of course, not exactly secure either. A sufficiently : determined hacker won't have much trouble disassembling a shared library : even if you do strip out all the debug information. By chance I'm having : to do something closely related to this at work just at the moment; it's : hard, but far from impossible. But then, nothing is secure in any absolute sense. The best you can do with all your security efforts is to manage risk. Since obfuscation increases the cost of mounting an attack, it also reduces risk, and thereby provides some level of security. Obviously, if your threat sources are dedicated hackers or maybe MI5, there is no point bothering with obfuscation, but if your threat source is script kiddies, then it might be quite effective. -- :-- Hans Georg
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Re: obviscating python code for distribution Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 13:21 +1100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2011-05-16 23:42 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-18 08:36 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 17:42 +0300
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 09:54 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-18 18:33 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 12:07 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-18 20:56 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 14:34 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-19 06:21 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-19 08:47 +0000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-19 10:16 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 10:23 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-19 19:23 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 17:56 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-20 05:48 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-20 07:04 +0000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Hans Georg Schaathun <hg@schaathun.net> - 2011-05-20 09:54 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-20 15:24 -0500
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 15:45 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-21 00:54 +0000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-20 23:26 -0500
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-20 07:10 +0000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 09:26 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-20 18:48 +0100
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 11:33 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 19:30 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 12:35 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 03:24 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-05-18 12:31 -0500
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 03:52 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 10:40 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 04:07 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2011-05-18 12:26 -0600
Re: obviscating python code for distribution harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-18 21:54 -0500
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 10:50 -0700
Re: obviscating python code for distribution harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-05-20 01:17 -0500
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:30 +0300
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:31 +0300
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 04:37 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 04:49 +1000
Re: obviscating python code for distribution geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 14:47 -0700
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