Re: [boost] [encrypted strings]

Subject: Re: [boost] [encrypted strings]
From: Edouard A. (edouard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-27 11:28:46

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:21:11 -0400, "Sid Sacek" <ssacek_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> When a hacker dumps an executable, they can see all of the strings the
> program might use, and some of those strings may contain sensitive
> information. Does boost have any classes that can encode the strings at
> compile-time? Ideally, the third string in the code below would never
> compile the "secret" string into the final binary.

Excuse my asking, but what kind of security do you hope to achieve with
this?

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EA