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Re: How to protect Nib file from user modify?
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Re: How to protect Nib file from user modify?


  • Subject: Re: How to protect Nib file from user modify?
  • From: Phil <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:51:54 +1300

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:28:17 +0100, Andreas Mayer <email@hidden> wrote:
> In that case the user can just copy any classes.nib and info.nib from
> some other nib file into the package and IB will open it without
> problems.
>
> So I'd say - no, there is no way to prevent the user from modifying
> your nibs.

If you were ultra-paranoid, you could MD5 hash the package (or some
portion of that package) and then hardcode it into your binary to
check for consistency (but break it up a bit, someone could still find
out what you were hashing, edit the NIB then hexedit your binary (a
la. iPod Download)).

-Phil
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References: 
 >How to protect Nib file from user modify? (From: Hebin Wei <email@hidden>)
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 >Re: How to protect Nib file from user modify? (From: Andreas Mayer <email@hidden>)

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