On 8/9/07, Zdenek Kotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I remember correctly Oracle wrap generates something like bytecode and > each Oracle installation is able to understand them. But It is not possible > decode it back to original form.
Regardless of what Oracle tells you, it has always been reversible. The thing is, there's only a few people who know how to do it. In my Oracle circles, at last count there were 7 people in the world who knew how to unwrap 9i and earlier. I know of at least 2 more who know 10g. Oracle is closed-source, and people can still figure it out. It is *impossible* to implement a completely secure way to do something similar with an open-source database. As Korry said, at some point it's going to be in clear-text... anyone can break into the hardware, startup a debugger (and/or insert a hacked version of the PL), and print it out. The only other way is to actually store the interpreted form of PL/pgSQL, which would be a large job, and still wouldn't really protect you. All someone would have to do is build a simple code generator and run the interpreted form through it. Obfuscation doesn't really work, it just makes big wigs in companies *think* it's not easily reversible. There is no real security. With enough time and experience, anything can be broken. -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
