Re: Protecting Source code of a perl script

From: Ben Morrow (usenet_at_morrow.me.uk)
Date: 11/24/03 

Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:19:47 +0000 (UTC)

ctcgag@hotmail.com wrote:
> "Eric J. Roode" <REMOVEsdnCAPS@comcast.net> wrote:
> > That analogy is not quite on. The parts need not be transparent, but the
> > design of the lock should be published. Would you trust a lock from a
> > manufacturer who refused to tell you how it worked, but simply said,
> > "Trust me. It's super-duper secure. Nobody can pick this lock!" ?
>
> Well, if *I* was that manufacturer, sure, I would trust myself. And isn't
> that what's going on here?

If it is, then you should not. Not unless you are a computer security expert.

The main point here, which you seem not to be getting, is that is it
*just as easy* (pretty much) to find exploitable holes in code if you
don't have the source, but impossible to fix them.

Ben 

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  ben@morrow.me.uk

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