From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T14:12:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a interpreter extension

Kris Leech wrote:
> Well there are several aspects to this, I want to protect the code from 
> being read, from being modified and from internal attacks.
> 
> I could use the file system permissions but its always vunrable to at 
> least one person. This normally would not be a problem but we are 
> dealing with sensative data.
> 
> We can make the encrypt key in the interpreter hard to find, not 
> impossible, but much more secure than having open source code.

Google for the phrase "security through obscurity" (STO).

Are you in the US? What is your native language?


Hal