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Subject:    Re: [Mono-osx] unknown heap type
From:       Miguel de Icaza <miguel () novell ! com>
Date:       2010-05-26 14:48:45
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> So what do you recomend miguel to protect our code??
>

Perhaps a combination of multiple tools.  Obfuscation alone is not as secure
as people think it is.

If someone is out to get your code, they will get it.  There are even
commercial products that do it.



> 2010/5/25 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@novell.com>
>
>>
>> > For business reasons we are evaluating obfuscating (using DeepSea).
>> > Of course this is the cause.  I'm concerned there is an issue waiting
>> > to happen.  So far the app appears to run correctly.  My hope is that
>> > this '#?' type is ignored or is innocuous.
>>
>> Obfuscation is useless;   One of these days in my copious spare time I
>> will write a de-obfuscator to remove the false sense of security that
>> people get from using these tools.
>>
>> Miguel.
>>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So what do you recomend miguel to \
protect our code??<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Perhaps a combination of \
multiple tools.  Obfuscation alone is not as secure as people think it is.</div> \
<div><br></div><div>If someone is out to get your code, they will get it.  There are \
even commercial products that do it.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/25 Miguel de Icaza \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:miguel@novell.com" \
target="_blank">miguel@novell.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> \
<div><div></div><div class="h5"> <div><br>
&gt; For business reasons we are evaluating obfuscating (using DeepSea).<br>
&gt; Of course this is the cause.  I&#39;m concerned there is an issue waiting<br>
&gt; to happen.  So far the app appears to run correctly.  My hope is that<br>
&gt; this &#39;#?&#39; type is ignored or is innocuous.<br>
<br>
</div>Obfuscation is useless;   One of these days in my copious spare time I<br>
will write a de-obfuscator to remove the false sense of security that<br>
people get from using these tools.<br>
<br>
Miguel.<br>
<br>
<br></div></div>
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