[ic] Encrypting IC pages on server?

Kevin Walsh interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Wed Oct 2 01:39:01 2002


John Beima [jbeima@palb.com] wrote:
> Quoting Jeff Dafoe <jeff@badtz-maru.com>:
> > > These tools will allow site developers to release code to be executed on
> > other
> > > servers without the reprocussions of it being gutted or stolen.
> > >
> > Are the odds really that great that either a potential client is going
> > to steal your code in lieu of contracting your services or that a
> > competitor
> > is going to steal your code and successfully sell it to clients you were
> > soliciting?  Doubtful.  Will your encryption be easily circumventable?  Of
> > course.  The whole proposition is a fool's exercise and anyone who does
> > real interchange development would recognize that.
> > 
> Actually this project was braught about just because of that, and it will be
> impossible to circumvent the encryption code.
> 
> The only fool here, is the one who assumes how it is being done.
> 
If you are that confident about your Interchange encryption-related
patches then I challenge you to post them publicly, along with an
example of an encrypted page.

I have no doubt that a decryption utility will be posted before you
can say "impossible to circumvent."

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