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Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts
Date 2015-09-15 16:40 +0000
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On 2015-09-15, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I you may be underestimating the laziness and overestimating the
>> cleverness of most people. ;)
>
> Heh :) But in that case, you can probably get away with just
> zipimport. Deflation sure isn't encryption, but the code is pretty
> thoroughly concealed anyway.

I agree completely.  There are three categories of protection:

  1) The program never leaves your computer.

  2) Obfuscation to deter the idle curious from mucking about.

  3) Put the source code on the interwebs.

In category 2 you find the single-file/directory-app bundlers[1]
(which IIRC mostly use something like zipimport) and various other
"encryption" wrappers.  They all provide pretty much the same minimal
"protection".

[1] Most of which are intended to provide ease of distribution and
    installation -- the obfuscation is mostly a side-effect.

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Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 02:21 -0700
  Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-15 19:36 +1000
    Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 18:58 -0700
      Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 12:05 +1000
        Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 19:51 -0700
      Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-18 12:27 +1000
        Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 19:59 -0700
          Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-18 13:06 +1000
            Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 22:55 -0700
              Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 17:27 +1000
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 01:05 -0700
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 18:16 +1000
              Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-10-05 12:44 -0700
  Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 19:48 +1000
    Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-15 13:16 +0000
      Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 23:29 +1000
        Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-15 16:20 +0000
          Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 02:29 +1000
            Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-15 16:40 +0000
              Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 02:59 +1000
    Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 19:40 -0700
      Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:01 +1000
        Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-17 22:38 -0700
          Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-18 08:08 +0000
            Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 01:31 -0700
              Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-18 10:06 +0000
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 04:41 -0700
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-18 21:52 +1000
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:07 +0200
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Jondy Zhao <jondy.zhao@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 06:57 -0700
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Josef Pktd <josef.pktd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 08:55 -0700
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-10-06 09:25 +1100
                Re: Pyarmor, guard your python scripts Josef Pktd <josef.pktd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 07:35 -0700

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