New topic: Code protection
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=33302> Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message sphauck Post subject: Code protectionPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:31 pm Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:35 pm Posts: 94 I have been playing with RB for a long time and now and I think it may actually be ready to convert one of my Windows applications to run on all three platforms. With Delphi on Win32 it's pretty hard to crack the source code. With .NET I have a tool that encrypts and protects the source from prying eyes. Do I have to worry about this with RB on ANY of the supported platforms? If I do how do I protect my product? Thanks for ANY help with this, Stephen Top pony Post subject: Re: Code protectionPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:14 pm Joined: Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:43 pm Posts: 590 Location: DFW area, Texas, USA RealBasic is a compiled language not an interpreted one. It is not trivial to reverse engineer a RB app by examining the compiled binary. It would be no easier than reverse engineering a binary created by Delphi. Ensure you turn off "IncludeFunctionNames" in the APP class (its off by default). If you were comfortable with Delphi binaries then you can be with RB. I use this to hide any plain text strings I am storing: http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/realbasic/obfuscate/ _________________ Fly like a mouse, run like a cushion, be the small bookcase. http://www.wish-sandwich.com Top DaveS Post subject: Re: Code protectionPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:16 pm Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:46 am Posts: 2233 Location: San Diego, CA what I want to know.... is what is those 10's of thousands of characters.. all readable... but none having anything to do with the actual program code... looks like keywords and such from RB itself? I can see tables of literals for strings in my app... but if its truly machine code compiled... why/what is all the stuff? seems to bloat the file... so it must be there for a reason _________________ Dave Sisemore MacPro, OSX 10.6.2 RB2009r5.1 Note : I am not interested in any solutions that involve custom Plug-ins of any kind Top sphauck Post subject: Re: Code protectionPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:16 pm Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:35 pm Posts: 94 Thanks for the information Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
