CoDeSys Ver2.3 "Knowhow protect"

Does anybody have a clue how to ensure knowhow protection of the code written in CoDeSys? The access levels and password are useless since they only block access in the CoDeSys environment. Anybody can open the .pro or .lib file with a text editor and access the complete code.

Then there is the "Encrypted internal library". That sounded more like what I was looking for. But again, the implementation seems tragic. The user needs to enter the password for the library file each time he opens the project file that includes this library. So, that means you need to give away your password to anybody who might need to use your project (even if only to monitor the variables). That is meaningless or maybe I haven't understood it right. Anybody got a better solution?

RollingPin said:

Anybody got a better solution?

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Don't use protection in the first place.

1. "Know how" is almost never exclusive. Its usually ego that is being protected, not know how.
2. Passwords will cause someone somewhere problems sooner or later.
3. At some point in time the existence of the password is going to cause your customer some extra downtime without any guarantee that you will financially benefit - it could backfire and you loose the customer .
4. Many passwords are hackable

Hey Alaric. I don't completely disagree. This forum is a great example of the advantages of open source and your points are very valid. But when you know you have a burglar who has targetted your house, you better arrange for protection or insurance. I happen to be in that situation with my code for the project that I am working on and I can assure you a lot of ego and sweat has gone into writing this code. Thanks for reminding me anyway.