on 2/10/06 2:29 PM, Aaron Ballman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> There's not much difference between precompiled and encrypted code. > > I disagree with this viewpoint. > > Keep in mind that with encrypted code, the compiler still needs to work > with plain source code at some point. So at some point in time, > encrypted code will be in a plain text format in order to be compiled. > > With a precompiled class, you don't have that issue. The compiler > doesn't need the original source code since it can simply link in the > compiled code, so your source isn't is never in plain text form.
It depends on the format of the precompiled code. Even some kind byte code/object code can be decompiled. Given the symbol names it would even be quite readable. Machine code would be harder to decompile but you need to deliver a lot of combinations. Remember that the concern over encrypted items wasn't that the end user could decrypt them but that RS could. Chris _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
