> I'm sure that Tab didn't mean technically "No", he just meant no to
> types like Juan, who doesn't present a valid coverstory for their
> need to open a protected file. In those cases it is apparently
> considered consensus that we pretend that the protection scheme
> actually work.
> I don't agree with that consensus, believing it can do more harm than
> good, in the case that the naive developer believes he's protected
> and the cynical hacker finds out he's not anyway.
> As is the case on these lists, if you tout a touching story about a
> classroom full of little students with crying eyes, someone will
> spill the beans and show you how to get to anything but the source
> code.
I've never put a lot of faith in protection, but that's probably because I
realized long ago that there's nothing to protect (for me). If you want my
code, ask me, and I'll give it to you. If you can make sense of it, then
you're at a level where you can improve on it. If not, then ask me questions
about it.
But, as Jakob implies, if you really think that you've got some code worth
protecting, then take steps to protect it yourself (high score methods come
to mind). If you're worried about someone stealing your other assets, well,
there are plenty of hacker apps that can rip graphics, audio, etc.
Dos centavos,
Kurt
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