Re: wrapping packages

Hi

Did a "nm -D wrap" this gave heaps of symbols, so wrap is loading shared libs. This means
revers engineering a lot of Oracle code :-(

Govindan K wrote:

> Coming to think of it, is the 3Mb size is for stripped or unstripped
> executable?.
> I know 3Mb if stripped is not likely to come to 40K. Nevertheless the
> memory
> addressing for UNIX is diff. from Windoz. May be someone else in the list
> has a better knowledge of it.
>
> GovindanK
>
> <-----Original Message----->
> *From: Tanel Poder*
> Sent: 9/20/2003 2:44:48 PM
> To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> Subject: Re: wrapping packages
>
> I checked, the wrap executable in 8.0.6 dist for solaris is about 3MB,
> but
> for 9.2 in Windows it's only about 40k. It shouldn't be that hard to
> reverse
> engineer it.
> Probably the ones who already have cracked the algorithm aren't spreading
> the knowledge - why should they anyway?!
>
> Tanel.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L"
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:29 AM
>
>
> > Hi Pete
> >
> > I must point out that there must be a unwrap, since the Oracle database
> > can run the wrapped pl/sql code :-)
> >
> > It is based on trust in Oracle coopera! tion / development.
> >
> > Some times it would make since to write the code in c/c++ since it
> > harder to revers.
> >
> > Pete Finnigan wrote:
> >
> > >Hi
> > >
> > >Very true, but if there was the wrap process wouldn't be much use as
> > >anyone could un wrap your code. But you are right the main reason
> to be
> > >cautious is to not delete your source code locally.
> > >
> > >kind regards
> > >
> > >Pete
> > >
> > >In article , bhabani s pradhan
> > > writes
> > >
> > >
> > >>one caution:
> > >>
> > >>there is no unwrap cmd/exe
> > >>
> > >>Regards
> > >>
>
>
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