Kachina, Java being easier to crack then other conventional
languages... I think in general, Java is no different than
any other programming language. While its true that you can
discern a lot of class information from Java bytecodes, that
still doesn't give you the code. There are a lot of disassemblers
for C/C++/etc (I assume these are what you referred to as conventionally compiled language) that can display something very
close to source code by looking at register usage, etc. and
predicting variables.
I can't comment on "quietly copy the application" and "replace
it" because I haven't had the background on that side of the
industry, so you may be right. But I don't think Java is
any better or worse in respects to cracking it. However,
I'm not even a novice in biology and haven't had many chances
to dissect coffee beans :-) I hope you are wrong !
-Jony
>If someone breaks in via physical or network means to a site
>running a conventionally compiled language, all they can do is
>damage. But with Java, they can quietly copy the application,
>study it at their leisure, and then *replace it* with one that
>does what they want. |
