I believe that whitepaper mentions the fact that the "copy protection" bit is easily overcome with a tool like Filez - a person can unset the bit and/or copy the application regardless of the state of the bit.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Keyur Patwa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:43 PM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Update on Security Issue! > > > It is working now! > > It shows the "lock" icon in front of my app name and also > shows the copy protection message! > > Thanks, > Keyur. > > -------------- > Ben, thanks a lot for your reply! > > I have started referring the White paper talking about security. > > I copied the given code to set the "Copy protection Database > bit". My code compiles and executes perfectly fine but it > doesn't show and "lock" icon in front of my application in > the Beam option and even the dialog box saying "The app is > copy protected and cant be beamed" doesn't pop up while > trying to beam it. > > I tried to delete and reload my app as well as reset the > device but no change! > > Please reply, > > Thanks, > Keyur. > > > >Hi guys, > > > >I was wondering like how easy it would be to Decompile a .prc file! > > It is fairly easy. Have you used Palm Application Explorer? > It's a desktop application that lets you look at all the > components of a PRC file, including getting a disassembly of > the 68K code. > > >Actually, I am installing my application (.prc file) and > sending it to > >client for end-user testing. And my obvious concern is the > security of > >my code! > > > >Can anybody please tell me if I need to do something and if yes then > >how I can proceed! BTW, I am using CW9 as IDE and working on > PALM OS 5. > > There are techniques to protect your code. The standard > white paper on the topic is at > http://kb.palmsource.com/cgi-bin/palmsource.cfg/php/enduser/st > d_adp.php?p_fa > qid=131 > > > -- Ben Combee, DTS technical lead, PalmSource, Inc. > Read "Combee on Palm OS" at http://palmos.combee.net/ > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
