Export as binary ?

[Steven Charles-Charlery]

Hello

What is the advantage of exporting a script in binary ?

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

- hiding your code to prevent others copying your techniques

- hiding your code to prevent clients from editing, for example when adding timed demos

[Steven Charles-Charlery]

Ok thank you

[Vinicius Baptista]

Hi Carlos,

How we can do a timed demo version? You use a time and date from system in your code to validate the script? Or some online date and time? And if user turn back the system clock?

I got curious...

[CarlosCanto]

yeah I use the system date which might be easy to circumvent by turning back the system clock. But seriously, nearly any security system could be circumvented if people really try to do so. My demos only keep "regular" users that have no desire to cheat in the first place.

but if you value your work that much, I think you could make some adjustments to prevent cheaters turning back the system clock. Your script could write a file with the date on it, then each time the script runs, that date could check against the system date.

[Steven Charles-Charlery]

Wouaah , it's great !

[Ten A]

Below article is Japanese. However, It might help to control user execution.

https://ten5963.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/extendscript_drm/

[Laubender]

Hi Steven,

also see into the first JSXBIN Obfuscator for ExtendScript ( JsxBlind ) written by Marc Autret.

Why JsxBlind, isn't binary code from the ESTK good enough?

This may shock you: Unfortunately not. Binary code written by the ESTK can be cracked.

There are even sites on the web that exactly will offer this for a fee.

What can be done about this? Read here:

Indiscripts :: JsxBlind | The First JSXBIN Obfuscator for ExtendScript

And also this if you intend to use JsxBlind ( or any other code obfuscator mechanism 😞

Indiscripts :: JsxBlind | The Case of “Nested” Variable Names

Regards,
Uwe