On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 8:38 AM Marcus Ottosson <konstrukt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is true, that does sound like a good idea. Assuming the software > actually does what it says on the tin, it would at least protect against > theft and accidental sharing. > > It wouldn’t protect against sending files though, because if someone > wanted to send some model or some rig, they could still just export it to a > new .ma? For that, you’d probably be better off intermingling it with > custom nodes. Like how anything rigged with mGear is riddled with mGear > nodes, making anyone attempting to open that rig without mGear loaded left > with a sorely broken rig. And no amount of exporting or tampering with the > scene file could fix it. > >From the video it looks like you have to launch Maya from their launcher, which I assume installs a particular reader/writer plugin. I wonder if it's specific to ma/mb file types or if it hooks into every type. Because I was thinking that same thing you said about exporting to other formats, and would that go through the same hook? Also once Maya is launched, could someone turn off the plugin after the scene is loaded? When it comes to protecting stuff like code, usually you hear the best security is to just never let the source get onto the client side. But with DCC scene files if you have to work with them locally then it feels like there is going to be some way to defeat it. Once its unencrypted in the DCC, there must be a weakness that might just be more obscure to many people and the security is really just focused on the obvious act of copying files around. Probably the better approach is just not letting people work on their person workstations and only support a remote workstation solution like teradici. > > On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 19:50, Rudi Hammad <rudiham...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes I am refereing to the actual file, not source code. >> Here's a usecase: >> due to covid a lot of production are done remotly. In somecase you can >> connect by logging remotly to office computers to work, in which case no >> protection is needed since it pretty much as if you where in the office. >> But in many cases, the files are sent to personal computers. Let's say >> you rig characters that are sent to 10 different animators to their >> personal computers. Despite the NDAs, its impossible to police everyone, >> specially if you don't know the client but you don't want to miss the >> opportunity to get a job. There is no guaranty that someone will not leak >> the file outside the production. >> So here is where you use in V Crypt system. It is not like you are >> recieving a file from an untrusted source because you are part of a >> production and you know that your .mb and .ma files are from the rigger not >> form a the prince >> of niggeria that is asking you for money XD. >> >> That's seem a pretty secure way of working don't you think? you know you >> recieve a file that is encrypted because you know you are in production >> context. You can open it and work with it. It simply won't work outside you >> computer. >> El sábado, 4 de septiembre de 2021 a las 20:06:47 UTC+2, Marcus Ottosson >> escribió: >> >>> To protect the contents of a Maya file? Typically protection would >>> involve software, like Python source, but you mean to protect like a model >>> or some animation? At that point, why wouldn’t you just hold onto the file, >>> and not send it or make it publicly available? Maybe you have a particualr >>> usecase in mind, because I can’t quite see it. >>> >>> Also I would be most weary opening an .mb from an untrusted source. >>> That’s what .ma is for, so you can inspect it for any script-related >>> things. I’ve been bitten before and, as they saying goes, fool me once. >>> >>> On Sat, 4 Sept 2021 at 16:17, Rudi Hammad <rudih...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> a while a go I create a thread about protecting your work. >>>> Along the same lines I saw this >>>> >>>> V Crypt maya files <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZc2-FcLuiI> >>>> >>>> So in theory, you can generate a license for the computer mac address, >>>> and inside your >>>> .ma and .mb so some kind of assertion make sure sure that the file is >>>> being open in the right computer. And since both files are crypted, you can >>>> remove that block of the code. >>>> Also, if you try to saveAs, it is saved with th crypted format. >>>> >>>> It seems like a good solution right? what do you think? >>>> >>>> R >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to python_inside_m...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a1c4949b-eead-412d-b10a-6750ab07ef85n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a1c4949b-eead-412d-b10a-6750ab07ef85n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/e91cc054-a7ce-42d0-8d69-920dfdaa9ffcn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/e91cc054-a7ce-42d0-8d69-920dfdaa9ffcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOCpAua2TmorENN9OOzG%3Deg5T-cxotu%3DW8OBTA%2B-RacWjQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOCpAua2TmorENN9OOzG%3Deg5T-cxotu%3DW8OBTA%2B-RacWjQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. 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