Python source code easy to hack?

[Littlefield, Tyler]

On 9/28/2012 9:19 AM, sturla at 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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