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 More options Sep 28 2012, 11:19 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
From: stu...@molden.no
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Sep 28 2012 11:19 am
Subject: Re: Python source code easy to hack?
kl. 16:38:10 UTC+2 fredag 28. september 2012 skrev Jerry Hill følgende:

> This is true, but both java and .net are also relatively easy to decompile.

Neither of them are very "obfuscated".

> In general though, why does it matter?

Paranoia among managers?

> What are you trying to protect yourself against?

Embarassment?

Patent trolls?

Unauthorized access to priviledged features?

Industrial espionage?

> 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 :)

Sturla


 
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