By reading the key from the binary or reading the un-encrypted code from memory? Ryan Leavengood wrote: > On 5/22/06, Kris Leech <krisleech / interkonect.com> wrote: >> Well there are several aspects to this, I want to protect the code from >> being read, from being modified and from internal attacks. >> >> I could use the file system permissions but its always vunrable to at >> least one person. This normally would not be a problem but we are >> dealing with sensative data. >> >> We can make the encrypt key in the interpreter hard to find, not >> impossible, but much more secure than having open source code. > > Try to do this. I bet I could break it in 10 minutes. > > But against the average person it might work. But the average person > is not your problem... > > Ryan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.