Re: ASP

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You can obfuscate the code by making hard to read (there are tools to do this), but it won't deter an experience programmer from being able to get at the code.

Bryan Phillips
MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com




"UB" <UB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:00DB1B9B-25C3-4A7F-9204-DD6A6D89D41A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

The application at this point is written in ASP Classic. It is large and will
not be changed to .Net for some time.

Is it still possible to protect my AP code from being viewed and stolen.
I realize that nothing is totally safe.

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Thank You
UB


"Bryan Phillips" wrote:


> I am assuming that you mean an ASP.Net application. If so, you can
> protect your code as long as the source code is not deployed and you
> have used an obfuscation utility such as the free one that comes with
> VS.Net. Keep in mind that anything can ultimately be compromised.
>
> Bryan Phillips
> MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
> Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com
>
>
>
>
> "UB" <UB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A7BA60DF-3D75-4459-B51E-4498E2235E66@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>

> > I have a database ASP program that works off a centralized server. Now the
> > client wants me to put it on laptops using SQL Server 2005 Express. I can do
> > this but do not know of any way to protect my AP code from being viewed and
> > stolen. Is there any easy or not too time consuming way to do this?
>

>

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