Ultimate protection ?

[ndendrinos]

http://www.excel-it.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=24

I need a yes/no answer from the experts.Can you get to the code ?

[Norie]

Nick

I don't think the owners of that site will appreciate this sort of thing.:)

[ndendrinos]

I see your point of view Norie and I agree with it. Can the moderator remove my post please.

[lucas]

Nick,
I don't think it's a problem to ask about a security question here. I think Norie was referring to the poster at the other site posting a for profit post...

You might take a look at this (http://vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=951) kb entry that shows promise:

This (http://vbaexpress.com/forum/showthread.php?p=106758#post106758) thread will give you a little insight as it evolves..

[Norie]

Steve

Not really.:)

Perhaps I'm wrong but it seemed to me that Nick was asking if the protection provided by that site could be cracked.

The simple answer I would say would be yes - Excel just isn't a secure environment.

Anyways no harm done, in my opinion anyway, as Nick isn't actually asking for code to bypass protection.

[lucas]

I follow your point Norie. I just didn't take from the post by Nick that he actually wanted to crack the code....he just wanted to know if folks though it was as secure as advertised...

I am not the by any means the final word on what goes here so maybe an admin will chime in when they get a chance. As you said no harm done...

[mdmackillop]

I don't see harm in asking if something is secure, especially before paying for it. In my post, the encryption method is clearly shown in the code, so I would not expect a high level of security; just out of interest.

[Norie]

I don't really see any harm in Nick's post either.:)

I think it's just me being a little wary - I've seen posts on other forums with OPS trying to use Excel VBA to access secure web sites by automating IE.:bug:

One time it was Goldman Sachs the investment/finance company, another time it was a US military site, though it did appear the OP only wanted to access weather information.:wot

I know this really isn't anything to do with Excel/VBA security but like I said it's made me wary.:ack:

[ndendrinos]

There is some truth in all of your answers and Lucas thank you for the links.
The author of the code asks for $20 for it. I dowloaded the file and true enough with the little education I have in Excel I could not get to see the code.
I've had long discussions on Excel security here and at MrExcel and hoped for a moment that finally someone had foud the ultimate solution.I called on you experts to answer with a yes or no if they could get to the vb editor hoping that I would get a collective NO then pay my $20 and sleep well there after.
Seems this is not the case.
In fairness to the author I will say that for the casual excel user it works
Also in fairness I should point out that the author does say that the file is NOT foolproof but rather more difficult to open,
The spirit of my question here as pointed out was not wanting to know how to get at the code but rather if yes/no one of you could do it.

[Norie]

NIck

This is an Excel forum, as far as I can see this is really nothing to do with Excel.

If you want help getting at protected code I suggest you look elsewhere.

There are tools/sites out there but I don't think they are really legitimate.

[lucas]

Hi Norie,
I don't think Nick wanted to get to the code for any other reason than to see if it can be done....to test the security of the product...don't think he wants to actually crack anything.

[Bob Phillips]

I would offer an alternative view on this 'service'. $20 for a once-off securing seems a very high charge to me. If you update the code, you would need to purchase the service again, so a 5 update cycle would cost $100. As you can buy programs that will secure any of your programs for that sort of money, and provide a licensing capability, I would have thought it is one to avoid.