Best way to protect my new commercial software.

[Chris Mellon]

On Dec 10, 2007 5:56 AM, Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 10, 6:26 am, Tim Chase <python.l... at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> > > So you say there is not any trusted way?
> >
> > You cannot distribute any program with the expectation that it
> > cannot be reverse engineered.
> [snip]
>
>
> >From the OP's post, it seemed likely to me that the OP was asked by a
> misguided management to make sure it was "reverse-engineer-proof".  So
> any attempt to convince the OP may be aimed at the wrong person.
>
> Misguided as they are, sometimes you have to placate these people.
> So, are there any ways to make it "harder" to reverse engineer a
> program?
>
>

Just telling them you did is at least as effective as anything else.
Anyone who knows enough to know that you're lying knows why it's
impossible.