Is it normal to not be able to set script of objects in an encrypted stack?

Tom Glod tom at makeshyft.com
Thu Dec 30 18:18:45 EST 2021


Hey guys, while this is interesting to know and think about ..... i solved
my problem by not needing to set the script.

Thanks for taking time



On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:54 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I thought for a standalone if you "set the passKey of stack "x" to "y" you
> will be able to modify scripts. This will only be in ram. If your
> standalone
> saves the stack then do "set the password of stack to "y" before saving. If
> someone is scraping ram memory then you have a problem, but if someone is
> scraping memory you have bigger problems.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf
> Of Tom Glod via use-livecode
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2021 4:34 PM
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> Cc: Tom Glod
> Subject: Re: Is it normal to not be able to set script of objects in an
> encrypted stack?
>
> Hmmm....I hear you, that makes sense.
>
> On the flip side, as soon as I want to set the script of a button, I'm
> doomed to have my code remain readable. I gotta think of a workaround for
> why I was setting the script to begin with.
>
> Thanks MIke.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 2:43 PM Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > I would hope that would be the behavior. It would also make it harder
> > for your stack to get borked by someone else.
> > If I was trying to break that behavior I would try to put the code
> > into a variable, encrypt the variable using the password, then set the
> > script of the object to the encrypted version, although I don't know
> > what algorithm LC is using.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 2:13 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > Today I found out that if I put a password on my stack, any code
> > > that
> > sets
> > > the script of an object in that stack receives an execution error
> > > when running as standalone.
> > >
> > >  Why is this so?
> > >
> > > And is there a workaround?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
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