This makes sense to me. If we keep all business critical information server side then there's no need to obfuscate the client side apps. Which decompiler are you guys using? I've never seen one that turns a swf into nice readable code.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:29 AM, fukami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > In general developers should think if they really want/need to > obfuscate their Flash files. From the security perspective there is > one very good reason to block especially obfuscated Flash files at > content filters and firewalls: It could contain malicious data - if > someone hides something it can only mean he want either attack my > machine or my local network. > > AS is meant to run client side. Therefor there should be a possibility > to examine the code before execution, and if there's something fishy > users/admins should rather block it since there is no reason I can > think of where obfuscation is there for a good reason. > > I know that some Flash devs think they need to protect their IP. But > thats actually something that could cause a major rejection of Flash > in general: The more people obfuscate the more Flash gets completely > banned from major networks. I know of cases where it already happens. > > > Cheers, > fukami > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > -- Schell Scivally 600 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 95404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.efnx.com
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