Re: How to prevent my stored procedure code from being decrypted?

From: Dan Guzman (danguzman_at_nospam-earthlink.net)
Date: 02/16/04


Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 22:01:35 -0600


> How should I do to secure my code?

IMHO, the primary way to protect intellectual property is with license
agreements, just as one protects code from reverse engineering. SQL Server
object 'encryption' is basically just obfuscation.

> Is there any security fix pack from Microsoft I should install?

None that address this issue. If this feature is important to you, consider
sending a message to sqlwish@microsoft.com. Enhancement requests sent to
this alias are considered for inclusion in future versions of SQL Server.

-- 
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"How to prevent sp from being decrypted?"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:585746B8-69A0-4399-B0F8-786485B72333@microsoft.com...
> Hi, friends:
>
> I found some freewares which can decrypt the encrypted stored procedure.
>
> How should I do to secure my code?
> Is there any security fix pack from Microsoft I should install?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Eric
>


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