[thelist] ProtWare's HTML Guardian... your thoughts.

Tim Beadle Tim.Beadle at iop.org
Mon Aug 23 09:27:44 CDT 2004


thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org wrote on 23/08/2004 15:11:51:
> When the developer first released his software he posted on a list
> (think it was this one) to see what people thought of it. Only took
> about 10 minutes for someone to come back with the secured file
> cracked wide open as the techniques used are available to anyone and
> therefore the ability to reverse engineer it is as well.

So what you're saying is: either you roll with Open Source and embrace its 
many advantages, or someone else will open your source for you...?

Tim



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