Phil wrote: > Disagree. There is, obviously, a *market* for code obfuscation with > *affordable* tools. The challenges are higher for a highly dynamic > Language > like Ruby, but less so for languages like Java or C#, which have the > additional benefit of creating bytecode/IL, which can be obfuscated > easier. There's a market for _lots_ of "bossware" - thinks like MS Project, that nobody really needs... > Code obfuscation is one step of many to "keep honest people honest". > Fighting a war with crackers will not end well, since there are more > crackers out there than people writing an application. Right idea but wrong formula. For every week spent securing code, a cracker can spend an hour cracking it. That's just entropy - it's easier to destroy than create. > And in regard to social solutions, so far the DMCA hasn't stopped > copyright > infringement nor IP "theft". 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0, holmes. See you in GITMO! -- Phlip http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657/ "Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)" assert_xpath, assert_javascript, & assert_ajax