Thanks for your suggestions Ryan. I think these will be good deterrants. Vivek --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > More thoughts... > > 1. Remove all line feeds from the code so that the > script is one long line. > > 2. Create a user.r file that renames all native > 'words to gobbledygook. > > 3. Run a REBOL program against your script which > replaces all native 'words > with the substitutions from the user.r file. > > 4. Run a REBOL program against your script which > replaces all the rest of the > 'words with gobbledygook. > > Now you should have one long line of code that looks > more like a base64 file > attachment than a script, but it will run just fine. > > I'm sure there are more steps one could take to make > it at least difficult > for others to want to steal your code. > > -Ryan > > >Although it is not "secure," I have thought about a > way to make it > difficult, > >at least, for others to understand your code. > > > >Using a text editor, use search and replace to > change the 'words so that > they > >are hard to understand when you read them. For > example, change... > > > >news-server: input > >open-server: reform [rejoin ["np: open news://" > news-server]] > >do open-server > > > >to... > > > >Xz8hUjKLmhT89||hg~: input > >Yn876asdfGXzeyg|adlfj: reform [rejoin > ["POxj724xcUYxq|x|y|q7: open news://" > >Xz8hUjKLmhT89||hg~]] > >do Yn876asdfGXzeyg|adlfj > > > >Of course, keep a copy of the "readable" code for > yourself, but distribute > >the gobbledygook to everyone else. > > > >Hey, maybe someone could write up a > code-replacement script for this? Then > >run the script on the script itself. Hmm... > > > >-Ryan > > > >>Hi, > >>New to scripting languages as a major tool, here. > So > >>my question is what are the general views about > the > >>security and protection (against copying) of code > in > >>Rebol. How do you make money with something which > is > >>seen in source form so easily? I guess its OK with > CGI > >>scripts where its all happening at your end and > may be > >>combining with a lot of other technology, but > >>applications like data mining look so much more > >>vulnerable??? > >>Vivek > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do You Yahoo!? > >>Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > >>http://mail.yahoo.com/ > >> > >> > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
