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Re: Python source code easy to hack?

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On 9/28/2012 9:19 AM, sturla@molden.no wrote:
> kl. 16:38:10 UTC+2 fredag 28. september 2012 skrev Jerry Hill følgende:
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>> This is true, but both java and .net are also relatively easy to decompile.
> Neither of them are very "obfuscated".
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>> In general though, why does it matter?
> Paranoia among managers?
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>> What are you trying to protect yourself against?

Embarassment?

Patent trolls?

Unauthorized access to priviledged features?

Industrial espionage?

Sounds like a web solution is the best way. Use a thin client and run your NSA-level code on a server. It's worth pointing out though that even c/c++ isn't free. If someone wants to decompile or disassemble your code bad enough, it's going to happen.
  

>> If you must keep anyone from ever seeing how your code works, the only way to do that is to keep all the sensitive bits running on a machine that you control.
> Indeed :)
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> Sturla


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Python source code easy to hack? Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 04:57 -0700
  Re: Python source code easy to hack? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 13:17 +0100
    Re: Python source code easy to hack? zig-zag <zig-zag@yahoo.com> - 2012-09-28 14:30 +0200
  Re: Python source code easy to hack? sturla@molden.no - 2012-09-28 07:18 -0700
    Re: Python source code easy to hack? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 10:38 -0400
      Re: Python source code easy to hack? sturla@molden.no - 2012-09-28 08:19 -0700
        Re: Python source code easy to hack? "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> - 2012-09-28 09:56 -0600
      Re: Python source code easy to hack? sturla@molden.no - 2012-09-28 08:19 -0700
  Re: Python source code easy to hack? 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-28 10:37 -0700

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