Re: Wrap (obfuscate) code - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: Wrap (obfuscate) code
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Msg-id 36e682920607041553g28cc72b5p2a0dc5eec26a357a@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Wrap (obfuscate) code  ("Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Wrap (obfuscate) code  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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On 7/4/06, Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/4/06, Aaron Bono <postgresql@aranya.com> wrote:
> > I don't see how PostgreSQL being open source will stop obfuscation of the
> > PL/pgSQL from being possible.

Oh, and I forgot to add, obfuscation is lame and doesn't really work.
Anyone with a good amount of compiler knowledge can easily get past
obfuscated code.  But hey, if it makes you feel like you've protected
yourself, by all means... obfuscate away :)

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