Technical Answer - Protecting code in python

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:11:51 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:

> "Steven D'Aprano" <steve at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> writes:
> 
>> Is your program valuable? Is it worth money? Then the 90% of script
>> kiddies will just wait three days, and download the program off the
>> Internet after the real hackers have broken your protection.
> 
> The real hackers wouldn't be doing that.
> 
> The crackers, however, might.

I quote Bruce Schneier:

[quote]
For years I have refused to play the semantic "hacker" vs. "cracker" game.
There are good hackers and bad hackers, just as there are good
electricians and bad electricians. "Hacker" is a mindset and a skill set;
what you do with it is a different issue.
[end quote]

See his essay on "What is a hacker" here:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/09/what_is_a_hacke.html

In addition, virtually nobody outside of the IT hacker subculture knows
what you're talking about if you talk about crackers. Out network was
brought down by a biscuit???



-- 
Steven D'Aprano