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- From: bobfry@crl.com (Robert Fry)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Secure from Decompiling??
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 08:15:41 -0800
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- rstewart@mars.superlink.net (Bob Stewart) writes:
-
- > I have a compiled C program containing a string that I want no one to
- >be able to see, even with a decompiler.
-
- >Is there any thing to put in the code that can prevent it from being
- >decompiled, or make the decompiled code unintelligle??
-
- This depends on just what you mean by 'see'. You can certainly make the
- string unintelligible by encrypting it (choose your algorithm). However,
- if someone duplicates that 'gibberish' string, your own decryption
- algorithm will translate it in exactly the same way it would the original
- string.
-
- Depending on how much effort you want to go to, you can make this job
- difficult for the user, but you won't be able to make it impossible. This
- is why software protection is an industry unto itself.
-
- Good luck!
- Bob
-