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Re: How safe .els files ? Reverse engineerability ?



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Send me your protected code and your source code and I'll see what the difference is, and email you back.

Glenn ;-)

Frank Richardson wrote:

> I'm interested in the possibility of protecting my work with password protected (locked) .els. Seems I've seen some discussion on the o-list before where the majority opinion was that even locked .els files were "crackable".
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> As I understand, a protected ELS file does not contain the source file, it only contains the executable file.
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> Is it possible for a thief to "reverse engineer" from the .exe file ?  Can you give me some sort of example how much effort may be required ?
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> If you put a date limitation in your .els file then can't a thief just change the date in his bios so he can keep running the .els file ?
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> Any and all technical comments/suggestions appreciated.
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> Frank