How to prevent sensitive information is displayed when the extension 'exe' is modified to 'txt' on windows?
FrankLike via Digitalmars-d-learn
digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Tue Jan 6 22:37:57 PST 2015
On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 at 17:45:19 UTC, Rene Zwanenburg wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 at 17:32:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 at 17:15:28 UTC, FrankLike wrote:
>>> How to prevent sensitive information is displayed when the
>>> extension 'exe' is modified to 'txt' on windows?
>>
>> If the data is in the program, it is visible to anyone you
>> give the program to.
>
> This. It's why games and other licensed applications still get
> cracked, despite the industry spending millions (billions?) on
> researching means to prevent it.
>
>> Alternatives would be asking the user for sensitive info
>> separately from the exe like a config file that they must fill
>> in or a password they must type when it starts up.
>>
>> Or just don't distribute the program to anyone who isn't
>> authorized to use it.
>
> Or don't let your application contact the DB directly. Build a
> web service or whatever fancy name those things have these
> days, and let the web service connect to the DB. Your
> application then connects to the service using a method of
> authorization if your choosing.
Thank you ,it's a good idea.
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