It doesn't require an experienced security expert. Memory dumps are very easy, and the tools are cheap.
MG is MobGUI, and John is, of course, John. See thread from other list - we had static compilation of HC stacks and projects back in the 80's and early 90's with Heizer Software's CompileIt! and Double-XX! (the exclamation points were part of the name). CompileIt! was originally a tool for using HT to write XCMD's and XFCN's, but soon after, Double-XX came out as a way to build fully-compiled standalones from HC stacks. It worked great. I wrote the first HC-based Anti-virus/anti-trojan this way. It stopped the idiotic Dukakis trojan, and several others with only a handful of lines of code. Then I built several database applications for my employer at the time, all fully-compiled, double-clickable applications. It was all just HC stacks with a few restrictions placed on them by Heizer Software, the creators of CompileIt! and Double-XX! On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com > wrote: > Mike Kerner wrote: > > > Decompiling does not result in original source code. As it is, the > > kiddies can just copy/paste. The dump that Kaspersky included, even > > had a line that was commented out. > > So it seems they can only "copy and paste" if an experienced security > expert has first provided a RAM dump. > > While always an issue with every dynamically-compiled language, how easy > is it to fully dump RAM? Has anyone here successfully done it? > > Still, I agree it merits consideration. > > Given the nature of the language static compilation may not be possible. > What other means may be useful? > > > > > Think about it - if you have the Pro version, yeah, your source is > > encrypted, until it's decrypted when the app is loaded. Then it's > > just sitting there for someone to take. I avoided doing this with > > MG when John went AWOL, but there is nothing that would have stopped > > someone with no scruples from doing it themselves. > > I think I may have missed some posts: what is "MG" and who is "John"? > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
