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Re: Private Frameworks


  • Subject: Re: Private Frameworks
  • From: John Stiles <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:23:07 -0800

Typically if someone wants to obscure code, I've found that it's the part of the code that is responsible for distinguishing the paying users from the demo users. (e.g. shareware registrations, or product registration keys, or checking the network to see if other copies of the same app are active with the same license key).

In my experience, this portion of your code will in fact be analyzed by someone, and it is in your best interest to make it obscure.

For other portions of your app, I tend to agree that no one cares. Unless money is involved somehow :)


On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Timothy Reaves wrote:

On Sun, January 13, 2008 16:18, John Stiles wrote:
Honestly, I can't say I fully agree---having full symbol information for
every method/function in a program makes reverse-engineering much, much
simpler.



NEWS FLASH: no one gives a damn about other peoples code (statistically
speaking). I wonder at all these companies and developers who are so
concerned someone might want to look at their code. Get over yourselves.
Your code isn't that interesting, and isn't that good!


As others have pointed out, if someone really, really wants to crack it,
they will. Just look at the iPhone.


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