I can't stop thinking about this and so I have more to say.
Perhaps instead of replacing words with long "session ID-like" words (e.g.
Xs87Yt5hU43hxx ) you could simply replace them with short words (e.g. 'a 'b
'c etc.) Do this with the native words as well. Then you will have an optimized
script, but still difficult to read.
> 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
> >>
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