Py2Exe security

[Terje Johan Abrahamsen]

Simon Brunning wrote:
> On 3 May 2005 05:03:00 -0700, Terje Johan Abrahamsen
<terjeja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We have created some programs in Python that are to be distributed
> > around. The programs will be made into .exe files by py2exe.
However,
> > in the source there are certain webadresses, logins and passwords
that
> > the programs use, that we would like to keep away from the end
users.
> > They will use them thru the program, but we would like them not to
be
> > extracted and used separately for other purposes.
>
> If your program can access these details, then a suficiently
> determined attacker can access them too, regardless of what you do.

Yes, I assume so. Luckily it is not national secrets we are trying to
hide. But, how does py2exe compare with for example a program written
in a compiled language like C++? Is it easier to find the info in a
py2exe .exe than a c++ compiled c++?