Re: pcode vs native code

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Jonathan Wood (jwood_at_softcircuits.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:46:49 -0600

Just because there isn't software to convert a VB program back to VB source
code (if there isn't), doesn't mean a hacker can't step through the native
code in a debugger. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about p-code to say
how hard that is to debug. 

-- 
Jonathan Wood
SoftCircuits
http://www.softcircuits.com
Available for consulting: http://www.softcircuits.com/jwood/resume.htm
"MikeD" <nobody@nowhere.edu> wrote in message
news:OYAMi0yhEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "Ivan Debono" <ivanmdeb@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ul8R$KyhEHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Would it be easier for a hacker to crack into a vb6 app compiled in
pcode
> or
> > in native code?
>
>
> Theoretically, p-code should be easier to decompile or hack. But I know of
> no decompilers that work with VB6 at all....p-code or native code.
>
> Mike
>
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Best exe encryption software or method ?
    ... Your general hacker takes a quick look at your software, logs into his favorite community and posts a request for a crack. ... Some 100 community members read the post, and at least one of them has enough time, talent and interest to actually crack your protection. ...
    (borland.public.delphi.thirdpartytools.general)
  • Re: encrypted source file support in jdk?
    ... just assume the person you are talking to is asswipe. ... Quite often people want to spend huge amounts protecting software that ... Usually all you want is just to make it more expensive to crack your ... all you can do is slow down a determined hacker. ...
    (comp.lang.java.help)
  • Re: protect my code
    ... people to decompile and understand the code. ... plenty of examples on signing your assemblies. ... What you can do though is make it as hard as possible for a hacker to ... obfuscation comes in. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp)
  • Re: Noses
    ... Hacker oder Crack, habe aber trotzdem immer wieder Fragen an andere Apple-Benutzer, weil mir hier schon sehr oft geholfen wurde. ... Sascha Vieweg, saschaview@xxxxxxxxx ...
    (de.comp.sys.mac.misc)
  • Re: Design Protection
    ... "Newman" wrote: ... > ridden or undone. ... Yes it can and very easily given the right 'crack' tools and a determined ... hacker. ...
    (microsoft.public.access.security)